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"Black Panthers" is a collection of works by American photographer Stephen Shames (1947). While attending UC Berkeley in 1967, Shames met Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Based on their trusting relationship, he documented the party's activities from an insider's perspective between 1967 and 1973. Founded in Oakland in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party is widely known for its resistance to police brutality and racial discrimination, and for its armed image, but it also carried out diverse activities supporting the community, such as free breakfast for children, medical care, and education. This book includes not only demonstrations and rallies, but also the daily lives of party members and their interactions with children, revealing the complex reality of the organization that was often obscured by sensational media coverage. Figures who symbolized the era, such as Huey P. Newton and Angela Davis, also appear. Featuring a foreword by Bobby Seale, this is an important photographic record of the Black Power movement, captured by a photographer who shared time with those directly involved. This book is the French edition published in 2006.