From Wikipedia
In April 1977 Panthers were key supporters of the 504 Sit-ins, the longest of which was the 25-day occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building by over 120 people with disabilities. Panthers provided daily home-cooked meals in support of the protest’s eventual success, which eventually led to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)thirteen years later.
This feeds my response to everyone who tried to pretend “All Lives Matter” or “Police shoot more white people than black people” was anything other than racist, bigoted obstructionism during 2020. There is no proposed police reform that I’m aware of which would only help black people. No matter the impetus, police reform would help everyone.
Same thing here. They didn’t help to effect social change that only helped black people, they helped to effect social change that helped us all.
And they did much more than that.
Sorry for the listicle but it’s a good one with decent detail.
https://atlantablackstar.com/2015/03/26/8-black-panther-party-programs-that-were-more-empowering-than-federal-government-programs/
Also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party#Connections_to_the_Gay_Liberation_Movement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party#Women_and_womanism
And best of all, they got Republicans and the NRA to support gun control! (pick your jaw up - it was for all the wrong reasons, of course)
https://www.history.com/news/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act
Edit: When I share this kind of information, the fact that some people are bothered enough to downvote it makes me even happier that I shared it.