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Pirkle Jones (American, 1914 - 2009) Black Panther demonstration, Alameda Co. Court House, Oakland, CA, during Huey Newton's trial, 1968 Gelatin silver print (selenium toned) Norton Museum of Art, Gift of the Pirkle Jones Foundation, 2013.41
Exhibition
The Summer of ’68: Photographing the Black Panthers
30 Jul 2015 – 17 Jan 2016
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The Norton Museum of Art announces its new exhibition, The Summer of ’68: Photographing the Black Panthers, featuring a collection of 22 photographs by husband-and-wife team Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch.
About
Recent additions to the Museum Collection, these photographs chronicling the lives and work of the controversial, California-based group’s members have never been exhibited at the Norton. The show opens July 30 and will be on view through January 17, 2016.
The photographs span a variety of subject matter that document the activity of the Black Panther Party during the tumultuous summer of 1968. The exhibit highlights the organization’s work as a catalyst for social change in the community of Oakland, CA. During this time, the Black Panther Party was seen by most of the United States as a violent, militant organization. Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch, in their own distinctive styles, took it upon themselves to portray the party in a different light.
The Summer of ’68 was organized by the Norton’s 2015 Summer Interns with the help of the Museum’s Education and Curatorial Departments. This summer’s interns are: Claire Hurley, who will be a junior at the University of Virginia; Lily Harants, a rising senior at Hofstra University; Lauren Plawecki, entering her senior year at the University of Michigan; and Emilia Garber, a recent graduate of Ohio University.
