Black Panthers Headed to Seattle
Seattle is not the first city that comes to mind when we think of the Black Panthers, but that’s where they’re headed–Stephen Shames‘ photographs of them, that is. “The Black Panthers: Making Sense of History,” an exhibition of Shames’ photos of the social movement from 1967 through 1973, opens on Wednesday at the University of Washington’s Odegaard Library.
Shames, who now lives in Brooklyn, had unprecedented access to the Black Panthers during the movement’s height, capturing street demonstrations and protests as well as behind-the-scenes moments and private meetings.
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