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Eyes on the Movement: Stephen Shames Photographs the Black Panther Party

Eyes on the Movement: Stephen Shames Photographs the Black Panther Party

Posted on May 2, 2026May 4, 2026 by Philip Zhang

Stephen Shames is one of the most significant documentary photographers of the American civil rights era. Beginning in the late 1960s, while a student at UC Berkeley, Shames gained rare and intimate access to the Black Panther Party. He photographed its leaders, its community programs, and the broader activist movements that defined the era. His […]

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