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Free Breakfast Program
1media/Screen Shot 2023-03-27 at 12.57.41 PM_thumb.png2023-03-27T19:58:55+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Panthers serving children free breakfast, Sacred Heart Church, San Francisco. Between 1969 and 1971, the Panthers established 36 breakfast programs across the country from Kansas City to New York City. It’s estimated that over time, the Panthers fed 50,000 across the country through their program. "The Panthers are feeding more kids than we are," one US government official reportedly admitted. With each mouth fed, it became increasingly difficult for government officials like Hoover to portray the Panthers in a negative light.plain2023-03-27T19:58:55+00:001969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49