For the Women of the Black Panther Party, Freedom Meant Survival
Briefly

Free Breakfast for School Children.The Intercommunal Youth Institute.The People's Free Medical Clinics.The Free Ambulance Program.The Oakland Community School.Though the women who made up two-thirds of the Black Panther Party took part in rallies and voter registrations, newsrooms and grass-roots political campaigns, their most direct contributions have gone all but unheralded: the more than 60 Community Survival Programs that provided neglected Black Americans with life-sustaining meals, education and health care.
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