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Black Liberation - Cultural and Revolutionary Nationalism

Published by: Radical Education Project, American
Written by: Ofari, Earl
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 7/16 x 5 1/2 in. (21.5 x 14 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Date: ca. 1970

Description: A pamphlet about the Black Panther Party. The font cover features black print on discolored paper. At top, there is a black and white photograph of members of the Black Panther Party standing in a line. The interior consists of fourteen pages of text.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Mass media; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.28

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works; Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Stop the War Now!: The Crisis of the Black Panther Party

Published by: Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
Written by: Winston, Henry, American, 1911 - 1986
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 8 9/16 x 5 1/2 in. (21.8 x 14 cm)

Type: pamphlets

Place printed: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1971

Description: A pamphlet made of black ink on cream-colored paper. The front cover contains the title and publishing information. The interior has twenty-five pages of text. The back cover has an advertisement for Political Affairs Publishers, Inc.

Topic: African American; Mass media; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Youth

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg

Object number: 2010.55.71

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

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Free Huey!

Published by: Black Forum Records, American, 1970 - 1973
Recorded by: Carmichael, Stokely, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989

Medium: vinyl , ink on cardboard
Dimensions: H x W (jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.4 × 31.4 cm); H x W (disc): 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (30.2 x 30.2 cm)

Type: record covers; long-playing records

Date: 1970

Description: A long-playing record (2011.103.3a) recorded by Stokely Carmichael and published by Black Forum Records. The record advocates for the release of Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton. The album cover (2011.103.3b) features an image of Stokely Carmichael and text on the upper and right edges that reads: [Stokely Carmichael / Black Forum / Free Huey!].

Topic: African American; Activism; Justice; Political organizations; Politics (Practical)

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.10.3ab

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pinback button for Eldridge Cleaver's presidential campaign

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: metal and plastic
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Date: 1968

Description: A gold-colored pinback button with an image of Eldridge Cleaver on the left side. To the right of the image, text reads: [Cleaver For President].

Topic: African American; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

Object number: 2011.159.3.64

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Evans Derrell Hopkins Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Hopkins, Evans Derrell, American, born 1954
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 01:58:21

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Danville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America; Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America; Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 7, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.29.1a, 2011.174.29.1b, 2011.174.29.1c, 2011.174.29.1d, 2011.174.29.1e, 2011.174.29.1f, 2011.174.29.1g, 2011.174.29.1h, and 2011.174.29.1i.; Evans Hopkins recalls growing up in Danville, Virginia, and participating in efforts to desegregate public schools and the library. He remembers joining the Black Panther Party in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Oakland, California, and working on Bobby Seale's campaign for Mayor of Oakland. He also discusses his imprisonment for car theft and the high rate of incarceration among African American men.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0029

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; American West; Black power; Civil Rights; Education; Political organizations; Politics (Practical); Prisons; Segregation; Social reform; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.29.1a-i

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945
Interviewed by: Mosnier, Joseph Ph. D.
Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:03:09

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America; India, Asia; Philippines, Asia

Date: September 16, 2011

Description: The oral history consists of ten digital files: 2011.174.51.1a, 2011.174.51.1b, 2011.174.51.1c, 2011.174.51.1d, 2011.174.51.1e, 2011.174.51.1f, 2011.174.51.1g, 2011.174.51.1h, 2011.174.51.1i, and 2011.174.51.1j.; Kathleen Cleaver, Ph. D. recalls growing up in Tuskegee, Alabama, India, and the Philippines while her father worked for the Foreign Service. She remembers dropping out of college to work for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as a secretary, and witnessing the dissolution of that organization. She discusses meeting her former husband, Eldridge Cleaver, joining the Black Panther Party, and organizing against police brutality.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp005

Topic: African American; Activism; American South; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Social reform; United States--History--1945-1953; United States--History--1953-1961; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.51.1a-j

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Elmer Dixon Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Dixon, Elmer, American
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968; Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s; Carmichael, Stokely, Trinidadian American, 1941 - 1998; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936; Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989; Dixon, Aaron, American, born 1949

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:32:32

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America; Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: February 28, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.57.1a, 2011.174.57.1b, 2011.174.57.1c, 2011.174.57.1d, 2011.174.57.1e, 2011.174.57.1f, 2011.174.57.1g, 2011.174.57.1h, 2011.174.57.1i, 2011.174.57.1j, and 2011.174.57.1k.; Elmer Dixon discusses his childhood in Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington, where he marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., and heard Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) leader Stokely Carmichael speak. At 17 he met Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland and established, with his brother Aaron Dixon as Defense Captain, the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Dixon discusses his work with the Panthers, the survival of several of the programs he started, including a health clinic, his work after the Panther chapter closed down in 1978, and his current position as director of an executive consulting firm specializing in diversity issues.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0057

Topic: African American; Activism; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Medicine; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.57.1a-k

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Aaron Dixon Oral History Interview

Created by: Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of: Dixon, Aaron, American, born 1949
Interviewed by: Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Black Student Union at the University of Washington, American, founded 1968; University of Washington, American, founded 1861; Hutton, Robert James, American, 1950 - 1968

Medium: digital
Dimensions: Duration: 02:27:31

Type: video recordings; oral histories

Place collected: Seattle, King County, Washington, United States, North and Central America

Date: May 11, 2013

Description: The oral history consists of eleven digital files: 2011.174.87.1a, 2011.174.87.1b, 2011.174.87.1c, 2011.174.87.1d, 2011.174.87.1e, 2011.174.87.1f, 2011.174.87.1g, 2011.174.87.1h, 2011.174.87.1i, 2011.174.87.1j, and 2011.174.87.1k.; Aaron Dixon describes his childhood in the Midwest and in Seattle and how he became a leader in the Black Panther Party, helping to found the Seattle chapter of the Party. He helped Dixon describes in detail his family history and the influence of oral tradition on his racial consciousness. He discusses the role of the Black Student Union at the University of Washington and details how the murder of Little Bobby Hutton influenced him profoundly and led him to join the Black Panther Party. He describes the Party's influence in Seattle and Oakland, his role in the Party, tensions with the police, tensions among members, and how the goals of the Black Panther Party shifted over the during 1960s and 1970s.; LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0087

Topic: African American; Activism; American West; Associations and institutions; Civil Rights; Education; Race relations; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--History--1969-2001

Credit Line: Collection of Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Object number: 2011.174.87.1a-k

Restrictions & Rights: © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Collection title: Civil Rights History Project
Classification: Media Arts-Film and Video

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Huey Newton, Black Panther Minister of Defense

Created by: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
Subject of: Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989

Medium: lithographic ink on paper (fiber product), linen (material)
Dimensions: H x W (w/ mat border): 34 3/4 × 23 1/2 in. (88.3 × 59.7 cm); H x W (w/out mat border): 34 5/8 × 23 3/8 in. (87.9 × 59.4 cm)

Type: portraits; posters

Place made: Emeryville, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968

Description: A poster of Huey Newton sitting in a chair wearing a beret and a black leather jacket while holding a rifle in his right hand and a spear in his left hand. Along the bottom of the print is the text [The racist dog policemen must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of black people, or face the wrath of the armed people].

Topic: African American; Black power; Justice; Politics (Practical); Resistance

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.58

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Broadside for a benefit event at The Black House

Distributed by: The Black House, American, founded 1967
Subject of: Baraka, Amiri, American, 1934 - 2014; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Dale, Willie
Owned by: Gleason, Ralph Joseph, American, 1917 - 1975
Printed by: Communication Company

Medium: toner on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Type: broadsides

Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1967

Description: A photocopy broadside advertisement for a poetry event. Comprised of black ink on white paper. In the upper proper left is a drawing of a man with a beard wearing a hat, sunglasses and a shirt and tie. Next to the image is text that reads [THE / BLACK / HOUSE / PRESENTS / BROTHER LeRoi Jones / READING / REVOLUTIONARY / POETRY / BROTHER WILLIE DALE / SINGING REVOLUTIONARY SONGS / PLUS / THE BLACK MUSICIANS / A BENEFIT TO / GET THE / BLACK HOUSE / OUT OF JAIL / FRIDAY APRIL 28TH].

Topic: African American; Activism; Justice; Musicians; Political organizations; Spoken word (Poetry); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.68.2.6

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Exhibition: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Kathleen Cleaver at Home

Created by: Copeland, Alan, Canadian, born 1943
Subject of: Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 x 6 1/16 in. (22.9 x 15.4 cm); H x W (Sheet): 10 x 7 15/16 in. (25.4 x 20.2 cm); H x W (Mat): 17 x 14 in. (43.2 x 35.6 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1968

Description: A black-and-white photograph of Kathleen Cleaver, full length, standing at her doorstep holding a shotgun.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Domestic life; Photography; Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969; Women

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.107.4

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Lowndes County, Alabama (Vote Nov. 8th sign)

Created by: Fletcher, Bob, American, born 1938
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 9 1/4 x 13 7/16 in. (23.5 x 34.1 cm); H x W (Sheet): 11 x 13 15/16 in. (27.9 x 35.4 cm); H x W (Mat): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Lowndes County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1966; printed 1994

Description: A black-and-white photograph of a sign that says, "Vote Nov. 8th Pull the lever for the Black Panther and go home." The sign is in a field and a tree and wood building are in the distance on the left.

Topic: African American; Civil Rights; Photography; Politics (Practical); United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.107.7

Restrictions & Rights: © 1966, 1994 by BOB FLETCHER. Permission required for use.

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Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Black Panther demonstration, Alameda Co. Court House, Oakland, California, during Huey Newton's trial, #71

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Man or Men

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 14 × 14 in. (35.6 × 35.6 cm); H x W (Sheet): 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 30, 1968, printed 2011

Description: A black-and-white image of three African American men wearing leather jackets and berets and carrying Free Huey banners on the court house steps.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.149.1

Restrictions & Rights: © 2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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David Lewis and Baby Jesus X, San Francisco, California, No. 3

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Lewis, David

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: October 1, 1968, printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of an African American man holding a baby wrapped in a blanket.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.149.2

Restrictions & Rights: ©2011 Pirkle Jones Foundation

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Kathleen Cleaver addresses the congregation of the Unitarian Church, San Rafael, California, #120

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Cleaver, Kathleen Ph. D., American, born 1945

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: San Rafael, Marin, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: October 6, 1968, printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of a woman standing behind a square-shaped pulpit, her right hand resting on the top. On either side of her are men wearing black leather jackets.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.149.3

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography
Exhibition: Represent: Hip Hop Photography
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Second Floor, 2 050

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black Panther mother and her newborn son, Baby Jesus X, San Francisco, California, No. 125

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Woman or Women; Unidentified Child or Children

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: October 1, 1968, printed 2010

Description: A black-and-white image of an African American woman in a white robe holding a small baby in a white blanket.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.149.4

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Serving Barbecue at the Free Huey Rally, De Fremery Park, Oakland, California, #34

Photograph by: Baruch, Ruth-Marion, German American, 1922 - 1997
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Unidentified Woman or Women

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm); H x W (Mat): 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: July 14, 1968, printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of three African American women gathered around a table of food, with plates in hand.

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.149.5

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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Portrait of Captain David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, at Bobby Hutton Memorial Park, Oakland, California, No. 152

Photograph by: Jones, Pirkle, American, 1914 - 2009
Printed by: Palm Press, American, founded 1977
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; Hilliard, David, American, born 1942

Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with mat board
Dimensions: H x W (Image): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm); H x W (Mat): 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)

Type: gelatin silver prints; portraits

Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: September 22, 1968, printed 2012

Description: A black-and-white image of a man, David Hilliard, surrounded by his wife, three sons and a daughter

Topic: African American; Photography; Politics (Practical); Social reform; United States--History--1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.149.6

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Portfolio/Series: A Photo Essay on The Black Panthers, 1968
Classification: Media Arts-Photography

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J.D. McClain’s Day in Court

Created by: Donaldson, Jeff, American, 1932 - 2004
Subject of: Jackson, Jonathan, American, 1953 - 1970; Haley, Harold Joseph, American, 1904 - 1970; Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982; AfriCOBRA, founded 1968

Medium: paint on cardboard with ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W (artwork): 29 1/8 × 19 5/16 in. (74 × 49 cm); H x W x D (frame): 31 1/8 × 21 3/16 × 1 3/4 in. (79.1 × 53.8 × 4.5 cm)

Type: paintings; mixed media

Place depicted: San Rafael, Marin County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date: 1970

Description: This mixed media work is Jeff Donaldson's interpretation of a photograph taken of the 1970 Marin County courthouse incident. The original newspaper photograph and caption can be seen in the center of the image. The figure on the left in the artwork has his left hand outstretched and the source image in the palm of his hand. In the original photograph, the man on the left is James McClain. In both images, he is holding a gun in his right hand at eye level pointed toward the figure on the right. Unlike McClain in the newspaper photograph, the man in the painting is wearing a black and white horizontally striped shirt with white numbers, [81970], on a black strip reminiscent of prison clothing. He is also wearing tan pants and a white jacket.; The figure on the right in the original image is California Superior Court Judge Harold Haley dressed in black court dress robes. In Donaldson's mixed media piece, the black robes are partially visible but Haley's figure has a skull in place of his head and is reaching toward the man on the left. The piece is multicolored. In the center is black text on a white background that reads [GLASS] and repeats [-SS] below. To the left of the skull is [A] in the stars and stripes pattern of the American flag. The artist signed the work at the bottom. The artwork is floating in a white frame.

Topic: African American; Art; Black power; Law; Mass media; Prisons

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

Object number: 2017.33.2

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Classification: Visual Arts

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

New York 21 Trial News

Published by: Charter Group for a Pledge of Conscience, American, ca. 1966 - ca. 1978
Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Type: reports

Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date: March 1971

Description: Issue #27 report on the trial of twenty-one Black Panthers with illustrated cover. Transcription of cover reads, "The New York 21 — 19 men and 2 women of the Black Panther Party were arrested in a pre-dawn raid on April 2, 1969 and indicted on charges of plotting to kill police officers and blow up several sites, including Midtown stores, police precinct houses and the New York Botanical Garden. On May 13, 1971, after the longest political trial in New York's history, all 21 New York Panthers are acquitted of all charges after just 45 minutes of jury deliberation."

Topic: African American; Justice; Social reform

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2012.26.2

Restrictions & Rights: Public domain

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Classification: Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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