This exhibition honors and celebrates the women of the Black Panther Party. Women have often been overlooked foot soldiers in many social movements, including the Black Power movement. Though Bobby Seale and Huey Newton founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966 with six original members who were all men, women soon emerged as vital contributors to the party's mission and impact. This exhibition is based on the book of the same name by Stephen Shames and Ericka Huggins, which transforms the image of Panthers from gun-toting male revolutionaries to young women who were leaders, teachers, nurses, and mothers who were also unafraid to confront the white male–dominated power structure whose use of violence gave birth to the Black Panther Party.
At the Museum of Social Justice, 115 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles
Join us for the Opening Reception, Saturday August 9
Co-curated by the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center and the Museum of Social Justice.
