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Description: 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).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).
Names: Shames, Stephen (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1968 - 2014
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Portfolio (Shames, S. The Black Panthers)
Topics: Newton, Huey P.; Seale, Bobby, 1936-; Black Panther Party; African American political activists; African Americans -- Political activity -- California -- Oakland (Calif.) -- 1960-1979; Demonstrations -- California -- Oakland (Calif.) -- 1960-1969; Demonstrations -- California -- San Francisco (Calif.) -- 1970-1979; Demonstrations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- 1970-1979; Funeral rites & ceremonies -- California -- Oakland (Calif.) -- 1970-1979; Food relief -- California -- 1970-1979; Schools -- California -- Oakland (Calif.) -- 1970-1979; School breakfast programs -- Illinois -- Chicago (Ill.)
Genres: Photographs
Notes: Statement of responsibility: Stephen Shames.; Content: Title based on related published material.; Content: All photographs bear the photographer's signature on verso.; Content: 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.; Biographical/historical: 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: The Black Panthers : photographs / by Steven Shames ; foreword by Bobby Seale ; essay by Charles E. Jones. New York, N.Y. : Aperture, c 2006.; Publications: Power to the people : the world of the Black Panthers / Stephen Shames & Bobby Seale. New York, N.Y. : Abrams, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2016.
Physical Description: Extent: 17 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); Extent: 15 photographic prints :gelatin silver, black and white ;41 x 51 cm; Extent: 2 photographic prints :gelatin silver, black and white ;35 x 28 cm
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 1334668933; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22811540; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 955bee80-6200-013f-3fdc-0242ac110003

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