Title:

Charles Bursey carrying two plates, St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, Oakland, from The Black Panther Breakfast Program

Creator:

Jones, Pirkle, 1914-2009

Type:

Image

Series:

The Black Panthers

People:

Black Panther Party and Black Panther Party

Place:

Trinity Episcopal Church and Trinity Episcopal Church

Topic:

Black power, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights demonstrations, and Black power

Description:

This collection contains a selection of photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones, whose work visually documents the people and landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area during a time of enormous social, political, and environmental change. Included here is the entirety of Baruch's work, from her earliest 1940s prints, taken during her time as a college student and novice photographer, to her later works in portraiture as a seasoned artist. Social consciousness permeated Baruch's themes centered around women, children, youth, and race, as evidenced by her most famous projects, such as The Black Panthers, Haight-Ashbury, and Walnut Grove, as well as her lesser-known works like Renaissance Faire, Zoo, and Children, They Grow in the City. In addition to Pirkle Jones' contributions to the Black Panther series of photographs, included here is his collaboration with Dorothea Lange, the photographic series, Death of a Valley.

Subject:

Black power, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights demonstrations, Black power, Black Panther Party, Black Panther Party, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Trinity Episcopal Church

Call Number:

MS 20 and Box 454, Folder 69-105