Jan. 20, 1969: 55 years ago, January 20 1969, the Black Panther Party held the first Free [...]

55 years ago, January 20 1969, the Black Panther Party held the first Free Breakfast for School Children Program at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Oakland

A core element of the party’s survival programs, by March a second breakfast program began operating out of Sacred Heart Church in San Francisco. By the end of 1969 the party was feeding over 10,000 children before school in hundreds of cities across the country

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