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Inside the Black Panther Party
By Radhika Chalasani
/ CBS News
Fifty years after the founding of the controversial Black Panther Party (BPP), Stephen Shames' photos give viewers a unique look at the group and its leading figures in the book, "Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers" (Abrams), by the photographer and Bobby Seale, co-founder and chairman of the BPP, who created a close bond with Shames.
Many of the images, from a span of seven years, have not been seen before.
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Together with the text in the book, which includes interviews, they reveal the complexity of a movement that has been vilified by some and held up as heroic by others.
It's particularly timely as a counterpoint to current events - the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the vital discussion on racial justice in America.
In this photo: Panthers march during a "Free Huey" rally in Oakland, California, 1969. Newton was arrested for allegedly killing an Oakland police