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The Black Panthers

Title
  1. The Black Panthers / Stephen Shames.
Published by
  1. 1968-2014.
Author
  1. Shames, Stephen

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Description
  1. 17 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 41 x 51 cm
Summary
  1. Depictions of individuals, activities and programs associated with the Black Panther Party from 1968 to 1972, consisting of candid shots of party leaders and members; views of rallies and protests, a liquor store boycott, a community conference, and a funeral; candid shots and views of free food programs; and candid shots of school children and a newspaper seller. The majority of images depict the Black Panthers' activities in Oakland, California and the San Francisco Bay Area; also depicted are a march in West Philadelphia (1971) and a free breakfast program in Chicago (1970).
  2. Of note are a portrait of Black Panther co-founder Huey Newton at home listening to a Bob Dylan album (1970); views of a "Free Huey" rally held in DeFremery Park, Oakland, that include Black Panther chairman Bobby Seale addressing the rally, with Black Panther captains Bill Brent and Wilford "Captain Crutch" Holliday (1968); views of mourners and the arrival of the coffin outside St. Augustine's Church, Oakland, during the funeral for prison activist George Jackson (1971); views of food recipients at People's Free Food Programs in Oakland and Palo Alto, California (1972); a view of Black Panther children attending class at the International Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland (1971); a portrait of a man selling a copy of the Black Panthers' official newspaper in the Roxbury section of Boston (1970); and a portrait of a young girl named Michelle, the daughter of Evon Carter, standing at a blackboard at the Intercommunal Youth Institute, the school for the sons and daughters of the Black Panther Party, in Oakland (1971).
Subject
  1. Gelatin silver prints > 2000-2019
  2. Group portraits > 2000-2019
  3. Portrait photographs > 2000-2019
  4. School breakfast programs > Illinois > Chicago
  5. Schools > California > Oakland > 1970-1979
  6. Food relief > California > 1970-1979
  7. Funeral rites & ceremonies > California > Oakland > 1970-1979
  8. Demonstrations > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 1970-1979
  9. Demonstrations > California > San Francisco > 1970-1979
  10. Demonstrations > California > Oakland > 1960-1969
  11. African Americans > Political activity > California > Oakland > 1960-1979
  12. African American political activists
  13. Black Panther Party
  14. Seale, Bobby, 1936-
  15. Newton, Huey P
Genre/Form
  1. Portrait photographs – 2000-2019.
  2. Group portraits – 2000-2019.
  3. Gelatin silver prints – 2000-2019.
Call number
  1. Sc Photo Portfolio (Shames, S. The Black Panthers)
Note
  1. Title based on related published material.
  2. All photographs bear the photographer's signature on verso.
  3. The collection's prints measuring 41 x 51 cm were originally captured between 1968 and 1972, and later printed in 2006 and 2014. The collection's prints measuring 35 x 28 cm are vintage prints, ca. 1968-1972.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography (note)
  1. Stephen Shames, born 1947 in Cambridge, Mass., is an American photojournalist noted for his documentation of the Black Panther Party, in Oakland, Calif., (1967-1973); his work on child poverty in the United States (1984-1989) and the follow-up project to document community solutions to child poverty (1994-1996); and ongoing projects on child poverty in other countries, the effects of 9/11 on children, and the effects of gun violence on children in Houston, Tex. In 2006, Shames founded L.E.A.D. Uganda, an educational leadership initiative for Ugandan children affected by A.I.D.S., war and poverty.
Publications (note)
  1. The Black Panthers : photographs / by Steven Shames ; foreword by Bobby Seale ; essay by Charles E. Jones. New York, N.Y. : Aperture, c 2006.
  2. Power to the people : the world of the Black Panthers / Stephen Shames & Bobby Seale. New York, N.Y. : Abrams, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2016.
Author
  1. Shames, Stephen, photographer.
Title
  1. The Black Panthers / Stephen Shames.
Production
  1. 1968-2014.
Type of content
  1. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Terms of use
  1. Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.
Biography
  1. Stephen Shames, born 1947 in Cambridge, Mass., is an American photojournalist noted for his documentation of the Black Panther Party, in Oakland, Calif., (1967-1973); his work on child poverty in the United States (1984-1989) and the follow-up project to document community solutions to child poverty (1994-1996); and ongoing projects on child poverty in other countries, the effects of 9/11 on children, and the effects of gun violence on children in Houston, Tex. In 2006, Shames founded L.E.A.D. Uganda, an educational leadership initiative for Ugandan children affected by A.I.D.S., war and poverty.
Publications
  1. The Black Panthers : photographs / by Steven Shames ; foreword by Bobby Seale ; essay by Charles E. Jones. New York, N.Y. : Aperture, c 2006.
  2. Power to the people : the world of the Black Panthers / Stephen Shames & Bobby Seale. New York, N.Y. : Abrams, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2016.
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