Newsroom

Black Panthers

After leaving his native Japan to move to America, Hiroji Kubota captured images of the time he spent with the Black Panthers across the country in the early 1960s

Hiroji Kubota

Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers A man at the shore of Lake Michigan, who was just released from prison after serving seven years for a second-degree murder conviction. Upon returning home to Chicago he found his wife and children (...)
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers A Black Panther Party member. Illinois, USA. 1968. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers A Black Panther Party leader. Illinois, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers A Black Panther leader is addressing high school students in a church. Illinois, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Black Panthers protesting. Illinois, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Black Panthers. Illinois, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Chicago, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers In a Chicago Black ghetto street. Illinois, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Deep south. USA. 1968. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers High school students listen to a Black Panther speech. Chicago, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Mississippi, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers The Black Panthers. Chicago, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Chicago. USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Hiroji Kubota | Black Panthers Fred Hampton, Chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, speaking at a meeting. Chicago, USA. 1969. © Hiroji Kubota | Magnum Photos
Stay in touch
Learn about online and offline exhibitions, photography fairs, gallery events, plus fine print news and activities, on a monthly basis.
Get fortnightly tips and advice articles, find out about the latest workshops, free online events and on-demand courses.
Stay up to date every Thursday with Magnum photographers’ activities, new work, stories published on the Magnum website, and the latest offerings from our shop.