Witness History: Black history - Free breakfast with the Black Panthers

Download Free breakfast with the Black Panthers

The Black Panther Party hit the headlines in the late 1960s with their call for revolution. But they also ran a number of "survival programmes" to help their local communities - the biggest of which was a project providing free breakfasts for schoolchildren.

Reverend Earl Neil was one of the organisers of the first Free Breakfast for Children programme at St Augustine's Church in Oakland, California. He speaks to Lucy Burns.

(IMAGE: Shutterstock)

Published on Wednesday, 18th September 2019.

Available Podcasts from Witness History: Black history

Subscribe to Witness History: Black history

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Witness History: Black history webpage.