In this episode celebrating Black History Month, Jess covers the history of the Black Panther Party's health care activism, including stories you've never heard about free community clinics they opened, national policies they helped change, and research they implemented to improve the lives of the many people who used their services.

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Sources for this episode:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5024403/

https://www.blkhlth.com/posts/2018/4/21/blackpanthers

https://manifold.umn.edu/read/body-and-soul/section/25270c00-2774-487b-86fc-9909066d4ee5

https://www.migrantclinician.org/blog/2016/oct/health-justice-for-all-the-unknown-legacy-of-the-black-panther-party.html

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303412

https://www.ted.com/speakers/mary_bassett

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/black-panther-partys-free-medical-clinics-1969-1975/

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/09/bassett-applauds-black-panthers-for-their-public-health-ideals-105535

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/black-panther-partys-free-medical-clinics-1969-1975/

http://www.alondranelson.com/books/body-and-soul-the-black-panther-party-and-the-fight-against-medical-discrimination

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