By Steven Monacelli In 1970, the Dallas Black Panthers had just gotten their charter to become an official chapter of the Black Panther Party. Prior to becoming an official chapter, several of the founding members had operated in the 1960s under the banners of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later the National Committee to Combat Fascism. During that time, they had set up free breakfast programs in two locations in South and West Dallas as a part of what they called community survival programs - essential mutual-aid efforts to help impoverished Black folks make ends meet during a time
