Howard L. Bingham's Black Panthers 1968

Download or read book Howard L. Bingham's Black Panthers 1968 written by Howard L. Bingham and published by Ammo Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years after Life magazine sent writer Gilbert Moore and photographer Howard Bingham to document and tell the story of the Black Panthers. The very secretive Panthers and their Minister of Information, Eldridge Cleaver would only allow Life to do the story if Bingham was the photographer. Bingham and Moore followed the Panthers for months from Oakland to New York to Los Angeles only to have the story pulled due to a disagreement between Moore and the magazine. Now, Forty years later, these photographs and their story will finally be published. The book will include interviews with Bingham and Moore about the assignment, the Black Panthers and their place in history.