A Timeline of the BPP
1966: The BPP is formed
1967: Eldridge Cleaver joins and becomes minister of information
1969: The First Free Food for Children Program is initiated
1970: BPP conducts first sickle cell anemia test
1982: The BPP was officially disbanded
1989: Huey Newton is killed [1]
1967: Eldridge Cleaver joins and becomes minister of information
1969: The First Free Food for Children Program is initiated
1970: BPP conducts first sickle cell anemia test
1982: The BPP was officially disbanded
1989: Huey Newton is killed [1]
[1] Austin, Curtis J, 2006. Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.