The Black Panther Party, 50 Years Later

Bobby Seale, community organizer and activist, former chairman of the Black Panther Party and author of Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers (Abrams October 18, 2016), and Stephen Shames, photographer whose photographs are featured in the book, look back on the legacy of the Black Panther Party, founded in October 1966.

Panthers stand just offstage at a Free Huey rally in DeFremery Park, Oakland, 1968.

(Stephen Shames, Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery)

The Lumpen, the Panthers’ singing group, performs at the boycott of Bill’s Liquors, Oakland, 1971. Clark Bailey dances, Michael Torrence (front) and James Mott (back).

(All images: Stephen Shames, Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery)

→ EVENT: Bobby Seale and Stephen Shames will be in conversation with filmmaker Byron Hurt at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, tonight at 6:30.  It’s free, but registration is required.

→ An exhibition of the work is on view at Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea through October 29.