The Oakland Community School was opened in 1973 by the Black Panther Party as a tuition-free, not-for-profit, and community-organized elementary school for children ages two through twelve. The Oakland Community School was an outgrowth of some of the Black Panther Party's other educational endeavors including the Intercommunal Youth Institute. The Oakland Community School was widely regarded as a successful endeavor and was used as a training space for local educators. The school was also in very high demand and often had waiting lists for entry. The Oakland Community School closed its doors in 1982 in alignment with the formal end of the Black Panther Party.

What was the Oakland Community School?

- What was the Oakland Community School?
- Black Disability Politics in the Oakland Community School

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- What was the Black Panther Party?
- Views of the Black Panther Party in early and later years?
- "The Black Panther" - The Black Panther Party
- The 504 Sit-In
- Oakland Community School
-Mental and Carceral Institutions

The Black Panther Part as an Example of Black Disability Politics

Schalk, Sami. Black Disability Politics, New York, USA: Duke University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478027003

Black Disability Politics

The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary, antiracist, anticapitalist, anti-imperialist organization started in Oakland, California in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. By 1970 68 cities had party chapters of varying sizes.

What was the Black Panther Party?

- Incitement of the 504 Sit-In
- What was the 504 Sit-In?
- Panther Involvement in the 504 Sit-In

The 504 Sit-In

The Oakland Community School

In this chapter Schalk addresses the Panthers' fight against psychiatric abuse and how this work overlapped and intersected with their work against the prison industrial complex, the military industrial complex, and other forms of state violence. Schalk argues the BPP protested psychiatric abuse through:
(1) Collaborating with existing networks of activist groups
(2) Publishing of pieces in the Black Panther
(3) participation in public interest lawsuits to sue Oakland area nursing homes.

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