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Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the [[Black Panther Party]] for self-defense in 1966 in Oakland, California. The organization would grow and open branches across the so called United States. | Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the [[Black Panther Party]] for self-defense in 1966 in Oakland, California. The organization would grow and open branches across the so called United States. They would begin their free breakfast for children program in January, 1969, at Father Earl A. Neil’s St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Oakland, California, feeding 11 children the first day and growing to 135 children the end of the week.<Ref>https://www.aaihs.org/the-black-panther-party/</Ref> Less than two months later a second location for feeding children would open in San Francisco at Sacred Heart Church. | ||
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Revision as of 17:29, 5 January 2023
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for self-defense in 1966 in Oakland, California. The organization would grow and open branches across the so called United States. They would begin their free breakfast for children program in January, 1969, at Father Earl A. Neil’s St. Augustine Episcopal Church in Oakland, California, feeding 11 children the first day and growing to 135 children the end of the week.[1] Less than two months later a second location for feeding children would open in San Francisco at Sacred Heart Church.