-It preserves the legacy not only of the Black Panther Party, but of freedom fighters.

-We're here outside the Metropol building in Pioneer Square, and through its doors lives the new Seattle Black Panther Party Interpretive Center.

We first heard about the center in February from one of the co-founders of the chapter, Elmer Dixon.

The Seattle Black Panthers call it a living archive and gathering space.

It officially opened over the summer and we'll go inside to give you a glimpse of this historic, and immersive experience.

Naudia, tell us about this space -The Seattle Chapter of Black Panther Party Interpretive Center is new to Seattle.

We opened up in June, but we've already had over 1300 people join us this far in Pioneer Square.

So let me get you started with the community guidelines, which are right over here.

The community guidelines let us know that this space exists to preserve, honor, and accurately represent the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party.

These were approved curated by our former Panthers who sit on the board and the rest of our board of directors.

This is usually where I have guests start so they know what to expect and how to move around this space.

-On June 12th, the Seattle Black Panther Interpretive Center had an opening night event.

The center's program manager, Naudia Miller, says that night drew a crowd from across the country.

She marvels at how fast it's come to life.

-It feels amazing to have the center finally open, came to fruition really quickly.

They came up with the idea, started putting the pieces together, gathering community to help them bring it to fruition.

The reception since we've opened this summer has been excellent.

We get a lot of different people in here.

People from all over the country, which has been really amazing.

We're seeing tremendous foot traffic being down here in Pioneer Square.

People are excited about access to the information.

This is a documentary that's being created by father and son Rick and Marques DuPree.

They're Seattle residents and it's called 'The Seattle Black Panthers: Fight for Justice & Freedom.'

I had a woman in tears leaving here after learning what the Panthers actually did in this community, as she was someone who grew up here.

Her parents grew up here.

They were in high school with Elmer, and she had a whole new point of view on the Black Panther Party when she left here.

This is our recreation of what headquarters may have looked like in the 60s and 70s.

You'll see a typewriter.

We have here printed copies of the actual rules of the Black Panther Party.

-Tell us about the programs that are being offered to the community in this space.

-Right now we have our Panther Reading Circle, which is a tribute to the academia that was involved in being a Black Panther.

We also have Art Walk that takes place every first Thursday, which is led by the Pioneer Square Alliance.

First Fridays we're doing free meals.

We partner with Arte Noir and Def Chef to provide... We're doing about 50 meals every first Friday.

No strings attached.

In honor of the free breakfast program.

-Why is this space so important?

-You know, a lot of people, when they come through these doors are asking, what are they... What are the Panthers doing now?

And we need them.

And we want them to be doing this work again.

But our Panthers are in their 70s, some closer to their 80s.

You know, that they've done the work.

And this is the beginning of the final chapter, I would say, where they're really leaving something that is long lasting.

You know, as someone who grew up here, I had no, I didn't know about the Black Panther Party until I was in my 20s.

But then finding out that we had a chapter and and getting to meet the former Panthers, it changed my life.

So I'm getting to work with my heroes, and my goal with this place is to inspire everyone, but especially young people.

The diversity that comes through the door and the people who see those ten points and are like, oh, that makes sense to me.

It gives me a lot of hope.

-A space that preserves the history of the Seattle Black Panthers that Miller says was one of the longest lasting and most active chapters for the time that it existed.

I'm Paris Jackson, thanks for watching The Newsfeed.