Research Catalog

Title

The Black Panthers / Stephen Shames.

Author

Shames, Stephen

Publication

2006-2014.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

• 15 items (.3 cubic ft., one box); 41 x 51 cm
• 13 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 2 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;

Summary

• 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); and a view of Black Panther children attending class at the International Youth Institute, the Black Panther school, Oakland (1971).

Subject

• Newton, Huey P
• Seale, Bobby, 1936-
• Black Panther Party
• African American political activists
• African Americans > Political activity > California > Oakland > 1960-1979
• Demonstrations > California > Oakland > 1960-1969
• Demonstrations > California > San Francisco > 1970-1979
• Demonstrations > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 1970-1979
• Funeral rites & ceremonies > California > Oakland > 1970-1979
• Food relief > California > 1970-1979
• Schools > California > Oakland > 1970-1979
• School breakfast programs > Illinois > Chicago

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 2000-2019.
• Group portraits – 2000-2019.
• Gelatin silver prints – 2000-2019.

Note

• Title based on related published material.
• All photographs bear the photographer's signature and handwritten print numbering on verso. All items are accompanied by a printed label bearing photographer's name, photo description, medium, printing date, dimensions, note of photographer's signature and print numbering, and name and address of the Steven Kasher Gallery.
• Images were originally captured between 1968 and 1972, and later printed in 2006 and 2014.

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• 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)

• The Black Panthers : photographs / by Steven Shames ; foreword by Bobby Seale ; essay by Charles E. Jones. New York, N.Y. : Aperture, c 2006.
• Power to the people : the world of the Black Panthers / Stephen Shames & Bobby Seale. New York, N.Y. : Abrams, an imprint of ABRAMS, 2016.

Call Number

Sc Photo Portfolio (Shames, S. The Black Panthers)

OCLC

1334668933

Author

Shames, Stephen, photographer.

Title

The Black Panthers / Stephen Shames.

Production

2006-2014.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

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.

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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Sc Photo Portfolio (Shames, S. The Black Panthers)