THE VANGUARD
A Photographic Essay on the Black Panthers











by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones

Introduction by William Worthy

1970 ex-library First Edition trade paperback

Library stamps on inside covers, outer page edges

Tight binding.

Good cover has moderate scuff marks, moderate creasing, moderate edge wear.

126 clean pages

Over 100 photos









Contents:





Preface by Ruth-Marion Baruch

”The Panthers and the Imperial Homeland”

by William Worthy

Chronological Review of Black Panther

Growth and Harassment

Rules of the Black Panther Party

October 1966 Platform and Program
of the Black Panther Party

Includes photos of:




Black Panther Party headquarters
Huey Newton

Bobby Seale

Eldridge Cleaver

Kathleen Cleaver

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

Honorary Prime Minister of the
Black Panther Party

David Hilliard, Chief of Staff
George Murray, Minister of Education

Charles Garry, attorney for the

Black Panther Party
”Free Huey” Rally

Rally at the University of California

Peace and Freedom Party Convention
House where Lil’ Bobby Hutton,

Black Panther Treasurer, was murdered

Shattered Black Panther Party headquarters

window shot at by Oakland police

Emory Douglas, Black Panther Minister
of Culture

Photos of the Breakfast for Children Program







Here are the Black Panthers, shown in a moving collection of photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and her husband, Pirkle Jones: stoics in dashikis; a youth

in a black leather jacket, tenderly spooning cereal into a child's mouth; faces that show dreams. purpose, rebellion.



These pictures originally gathered for an exhibit at San Francisco's De Young Museum, comprised what was perhaps the most controversial show in the museum's history - and was certainly one of the most popular. Since the San Francisco exhibit, the photographs have been shown at The Studio Museum in Harlem, and at Dartmouth College.



These varied, candid shots portray the Panthers in their political and personal lives. On the faces of these young men and women are reflected the violence and the hope of America. With an excellent historical interpretation of the Panthers by black journalist William Worthy, The Vanguard is a document of the times.