Analyzes the community programs of the Black Panther Party. This work argues that the Party was not an extremist group dedicated to overthrowing the government of the United States, but rather an organization committed to providing essential community services for lower-income and working-class African American communities around the nation. "A welcome addition to recent scholarship on the Black Panther Party... Witt's study offers a valuable model for scholars undertaking micro-histories of the Black Panther Party, and should prove engaging for non-specialists as well." - Jakobi Williams, The Journal of African American History