The biggest threat to elite power in the 1960s was a breakfast program for children and that's a lesson for us today.

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The biggest threat to elite power in the 1960s was a breakfast program for children and that's a lesson for us today.

Today we reflect on why the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast Program was “the greatest threat to the internal security of the country” according to J. Edgar Hoover and what lessons we can take for today. Read on for more...

https://www.rootschangemedia.com/breakfast-with-the-black-panther-party/

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“The FBI success was in ending community programs that helped everyone. Still today, children go hungry everyday in the United States. Their school performance suffers, because they have their basic survival to think about. Elected officials have done everything possible to cut any food assistance for school children. What do people call countries that starve their children? ️”

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