Lavishly illustrated with many never-before-seen photographs, Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Power Icon takes the reader from the origins of the Black Panthers to the present day, exploring their transformation into media superstars and symbols of black power. Author, Jane Rhodes suggests that the Panthers, with their button-making, newspaper distribution, and irresistible photo-ops, may have been the nation’s first truly media-savvy activists.
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