Catch Eve Crane's Photographs of San Francisco's Black Panthers at CoffeeHouse-Five
Taken at the height of the Black Power Movement the photos are on display all month
2013-04-02
By Helen Silvis Of The Skanner News
Eve Crane’s historic photographs of Black Panthers from the San Francisco Bay area will be on display for the next month at Coffeehouse –Five, 740 N Killingsworth Street Portland. The photographs were taken more than 40 years ago at the height of the Black Power movement. Read the complete article
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