Independent Lens

The Black Panthers: Free Breakfast Program

Clip | 1m 41s

This excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution reveals a less heralded side of the Black Panther Party. After reading studies on how children who didn't get breakfast fared poorly in school, the Panthers started a breakfast program that served 20,000 meals a week to black schoolchildren in 19 different communities.

Aired: 02/16/16 | Rating: NR

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