title: The Black Panther Party: Service to the People Programs
author: The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation
description: The Black Panther Party has responded to the needs of various communities underserved by government agencies by providing social services ranging from food and educational programs to medical care.
zlib_text: Table of Contents
   
  Title Page
  Copyright Page
  Dedication
  Introduction
  Acknowledgements
   
  PART ONE
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
   
  PART TWO
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
   
  PART THREE
  
  Chapter 14
  Chapter 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
  Chapter 21
   
  PART FOUR
  Chapter 22
  Chapter 23
  Chapter 24
  Chapter 25
   
  PART FIVE
  Chapter 26
  Chapter 27
   
  PART SIX
  Chapter 28
  Chapter 29
  Chapter 30
  Chapter 31
  Chapter 32
  Chapter 33
   
  EPILOGUE
  
  REVOLUTIONARY SUICIDE
  HUEY P. NEWTON was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942,
  to Walter and Armelia Newton. He is the cofounder of the revolutionary
  Marxist-Leninist organization the Black Panther Party, and was the Party’s
  ranking leader and chief ideologue and strategist. In 1966, Newton enrolled
  in Merritt College in Oakland, where he became a member of the Phi Beta
  Sigma fraternity, led the effort to establish the first black history course, and
  met Bobby 