Children's View of The Black Panthers
Kent Ford of the Portland Panthers free breakfast program, circa 1969, Courtesy of The Oregonian
Several years ago I attended a St. David's writers workshop in Pennsylvania. I spent the week strategizing on how I would write the experience of children who interacted and received from the Black Panther Party.. I have been using this blog to unpack answers to questions such as: What is the history of the panthers and what were there goals? How old were the panthers? Who collaborated with their food programs? How did they source and supply the food? What did the children think about them?
