Hot dogs with a slice of history: Black Panther party installation to open in Oakland

Kasper’s Hot Dogs, set to reopen in Oakland before 2023, will feature permanent artwork honoring the Black Panther Party’s legacy in the community and beyond.

An art installation commemorating the Black Panther Party is to be permanently featured at a historical Oakland hot dog restaurant formerly frequented by members of the activist group.

Kasper’s Hot Dogs, first opened in the Temescal neighborhood of North Oakland in 1943 and scheduled for reopening by year’s end, will highlight the Black Panther Party’s legacy and roots in the rapidly gentrifying area where party co-founder Huey P. Newton was born and raised, per the today!

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