Note: For some students, it may be useful watch the videos prior to engaging with the book Body and Soul.

From Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination (library link) by Alondra Nelson; also available via the publisher here
- Nelson (2011). Preface: Politics by Other Means (B&S, pp. ix to xvi)
- Nelson (2011). Introduction: Serving the People Body and Soul (B&S, pp. 1-22)
- Nelson (2011). Chapter 1: African American Responses to Medical Discrimination Before 1966 (B&S, pp. 23-48)
BPP Platform (1966)
BPP Platform (1972)
Watch: AFRICAN AMERICAN HEALTH ACTIVISM IN THE 70S (13 minutes)
Recommended (optional)
- Boycoff (6/25/20). ‘We Can’t Be Duped by Petty Reforms’: A Q&A With a Black Panther. Kent Ford, who founded the Portland, Ore., chapter of the Black Panther Party, says we’re finally seeing Fred Hampton’s multiracial coalition in action from The Nation.
- Litvin (6/26/20). Truth is Our Weapon and Shield – An Interview with Black Panther Party Veteran Billy X Jennings from CounterPunch