#stephen shames

[davidhudson]

James Baldwin, August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987.

1969 photo by Stephen Shames.

[undergroundrockpress]

Women of the Black Panther Party, 1969. Photo by Stephen Shames.

[henk-heijmans]

Black panther party, ca. 1967 - by Stephen Shames (1947), American

[joeinct]

Bike Jump, Photo by Stephen Shames, 1985

[blackstar1887]

Photographs from the Black Panther Party series by Stephen Shames (1970s)

[cartermagazine]

Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party by @ericka_huggins and @stephenshames

This powerful photo book highlights the amazing women of the party that often have been overlooked, but by all means was necessary to the sustainability and community of the party.

Foreword by Angela Davis: "This stunning collection of historical photographs, complimented by contemporary conversations with women members of the Black Panther Party, reminds us that women were literally the heart of this new political approach to Black freedom."

“I am a human rights activist, poet, educator, Black Panther Party leader and former political prisoner. For the past 36 years I’ve lectured throughout the United States and internationally. My life experiences have enabled me to speak personally and honestly on issues relating to the physical and emotional well-being of women, children and youth, whole being education, the incarceration of men and women of color, and the role of the spiritual practice in sustaining activism and promoting social change.” - Ericka Huggins

“The Panthers were never a black nationalist organization… They formed alliances with many black writers and activists and their whole legal team was white. They were not out to get white people, as the American government insisted. They were a revolutionary organization who worked with anybody they felt was sincerely trying to change the system to benefit poor people and create a more just society.” - Stephen Shames

Many of us have heard these three words: Black Panther Party, but they few know the story of the backbone of the Party: the women.

It's estimated that six out of ten Panther Party members were women. While these remarkable women of all ages and diverse backgrounds were regularly making headlines agitating, protesting, and organizing, off-stage these same women were building communities and enacting social justice, providing food, housing, education, healthcare, and more.

CARTER Magazine

[whatevergreen]

From Bronx Boys series, 1977 - Stephen Shames

[federer7]

Boy asking girl to go steady. Vancouver, 1976

Photo: Stephen Shames

[garadinervi]

Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, PM Press, Oakland, CA, 2017, Paperback / e-Book

Edited by déqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer, Foreword by Imam Jamil Al-Amin, Afterword by Mumia Abu-Jamal, with New Commentary by Sekou Odinga, Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Shaba Om, and Jamal Joseph, Text(s) by Sundiata Acoli, Assata Shakur, Bilal Sunni-Ali, Ali Bey Hassan, Michael "Cetewayo" Tabor, Kuwasi Balagoon, Afeni Shakur

Photo Sections with original works by Stephen Shames, and David Fenton

[nobrashfestivity]

Stephen Shames, Photon West

[hyperallergic]

Images of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense need no captioning. Black men and women in leather, perfectly rounded afros, guns crossing the torso — the organization’s aesthetics dominate public consciousness. 

Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party, co-authored by Stephen Shames and Ericka Huggins, presents these photographs as well as more intimate ones of women coordinating free grocery drives, free ambulatory services, or political education classes.

[davidhudson]

Happy 80th, Angela Davis.

1969 photo by Stephen Shames.

[bru-ised-soul]

[acervorevolucionario]

Huey P. Newton em sua casa ouvindo o disco Highway 61 Revisited de Bob Dylan. Berkeley, California, 1970. Foto por Stephen Shames.

[joeinct]

Photo by Stephen Shames

[ortodelmondo]

1991 - The Bronx, New York, USA: Jose (Poncho) Muñoz (16) and his girl friend, Maruchi live together in Maruchi’s mother’s apartment. (Stephen Shames/Polaris) Poncho's Ethnicity: Puerto Rican • Native Indian • Hispanic • African Project: Multiracial -

Stephen Shames