Oakland, California: Women of the Black Panther Party, Arlene Clark and Cheryl Curtis, register people to vote during Bobby Seale’s Mayor of Oakland and Elaine Brown’s city council campaigns. The Party registered thousands of new voters.

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Oakland, California: Women of the Black Panther Party, Arlene Clark and Cheryl Curtis, register people to vote during Bobby Seale’s Mayor of Oakland and Elaine Brown’s city council campaigns. The Party registered thousands of new voters.

Stephen Shames (American, born in 1947)

1972

Medium/Technique Photograph, archival pigment print

Dimensions Height x width: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Lizbeth and George Krupp

Accession Number2023.969

ON VIEW
Frances Vrachos Gallery / Mary Stamas Gallery (Gallery 148)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Provenance2022, sold by Steven Kasher Gallery, New York to Lizbeth and George Krupp, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2023, gift of Lizbeth and George Krupp to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)