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Title: Jonathan Eubanks photograph collection
Dates: circa 1969-1990s
Bulk Dates: 1969
Collection number: MS 150
Creator:
Eubanks, Jonathan
Collection Size:
.25 linear feet
(1 box)
Repository:
African American Museum & Library at Oakland (Oakland, Calif.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Abstract: The Jonathan Eubanks Photograph Collection includes seven photographs of Black Panther Party members at a “Free Huey” rally
held in 1969, including portraits of prominent party members Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver, and Bobby
Seale. Also included is a portrait of Marcella Ford taken in the 1990s.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
No access restrictions. Collection is open to the public.
Materials are for use in-library only, non-circulating.
Permission to publish from the Jonathan Eubanks Photograph Collection must be obtained from the African American Museum &
Library at Oakland.
Jonathan Eubanks photograph collection, MS 150, African American Museum & Library at Oakland, Oakland Public Library. Oakland,
California.
The collection was donated to the African American Museum & Library at Oakland by the Northern California Center for Afro
American History and Life.
Processed by Jennifer Pickens, July 16, 2014.
Biography / Administrative History
Jonathan Eubanks (1927- ) is a documentary and portrait photographer from Oakland, California recognized for his work with
the Black Panther Party. He followed the party and their leaders, documenting their lives and activities, including rallies
to free the party leader Huey Newton after his arrest for allegedly killing an Oakland police officer. Eubanks’ has had a
distinguished career as a photojournalist and documentary and portrait photographer and his work has been published in various
books, including studies of traditional arts and folk life in Oakland, California.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Jonathan Eubanks Photograph Collection includes seven photographs of Black Panther Party members at a “Free Huey” rally
held in 1969, including portraits of prominent party members Stokely Carmichael, Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver, and Bobby
Seale. Also included is a portrait of Marcella Ford taken in the 1990s.
Series I. Photographs
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Black Panther Party.
African Americans--California--History.
African American photographers.
Black Panther Party--History--Pictorial works.
Oakland (Calif.) -- History.
San Francisco Bay Region (Calif.)
Oakland (Calif.)
Photographs
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (n.d.)
Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography. Washington DC: Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture & Smithsonian Institution.