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The Black Panther Party: Mutual Aid in Action

Founded in 1966, the Black Panther Party didn’t just challenge police brutality—they built a movement rooted in mutual aid, community care, and revolutionary socialism.

From free breakfast programs that fed thousands of kids to health clinics and community schools, the Panthers met the needs the state refused to.

While the FBI’s COINTELPRO tried to crush them, the BPP’s legacy lives on: in free school meals, in grassroots organizing,

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and in every act of resistance that puts people over profit.

Their work was inspired by Maoist principles and the Underground Railroad—showing that liberation is collective, and mutual aid is power.

All Power to the People.
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The Black Panther Party’s Legacy of Community Empowerment Through Mutual Aid

The BPP protected and served their communities despite rampant racism and being the main targets of the FBI’s Counter-Intelligence Program.

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