Photography & Images

Below is a collection of imagery—both past and present—along with other images of the Black Panther Party, and specifically of the Seattle chapter comrades and programs.

Special thanks to Stephen Shames.

  • Black and white image of the Seattle Black Panther Party in front of the Olympia capitol building holding guns.

    Olympia, Washington

    Seattle Black Panther Party in front of the Olympia capitol building in February 1969

  • Free breakfast program

    Aaron Dixon serving free breakfast to children in 1968 (photo by Greg Gilbert Seattle Times)

  • School

    Photo by Stephen Shames

  • The Black Panther

    Aaron Dixon reading the Black Panther newspaper (Photo by Willie Croone Jr.)