Locations of the Illinois Chapter, 1969–1974

Free Breakfast for Children Program Sites

Sites where the Illinois Chapter operated its Free Breakfast for Children Program. This collection is not exhaustive and will continue to expand.

 
 

Free Breakfast for Children Program Sites

 

Carbondale

  • Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church, 409 N. Marion Street

  • Crispus Attucks School, need address circa 1970

Chicago

  • North Lawndale: Better Boys Foundation, 1512 S. Pulaski

  • North Lawndale: Marcy Newberry Association, 1539 S. Springfield

  • North Lawndale: Brotherhood of Boys Republic, 1510 S. Hamlin

  • Near West Side: Jackson Boulevard Church, 2413 W. Jackson

  • Near West Side: St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 48 N. Hoyne

  • Near West Side: Henry Horner Homes, 124 N. Hoyne

  • West Jackson Blvd District: People’s Church, 201 S. Ashland, now Epiphany Center for the Arts

  • Near North Side, Cabrini Green: St. Dominic’s Church, 357 W. Locust

  • Austin: St. Martin De Pores Church, 5112 W. Washington Blvd

  • Garfield Park: Fairfax House, 135 S. Central Park, Garfield Park

  • Bronzeville, Robert Taylor Homes: Trinity Lutheran Church, 4837 S. State St.

  • Bronzeville, Madden Park: 500 E. 37th Street

  • Bronzeville: Southside Office, 4233 S. Indiana

  • Englewood: Our Redeemer Church, 6430 S. Harvard

  • Englewood: St. Bartholomew, 6720 S. Stewart Ave

  • Altgeld Gardens: Our Lady of the Gardens Church, 13300 S. Langley

East St. Louis

  • 10 N. 16th Street

St. Louis

  • St. Stephens Church, 3949 Wilmington Ave., St. Louis, MO

Peoria

  • Ward Chapel AME Church, 511 N. Richard Allen Drive

Rockford

  • Fairground Projects, 1015 W Jefferson St, addr needs verification

  • Sabruke Project, need help with this address

  • Selavere Court, need help with this address

  • Fairgrounds Housing Center, 1050 W. Jefferson Street

  • Grace United Methodist Church, 1451 W. State Street

  • Saint Elizabeth Community Center, 1536  S. Main Street

  • BPP Rockford Headquarters, 529 Pierpoint Avenue

 

Citation and Credit: Historical Preservation Society of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, ILBPP.org