The photos above are from an exhibit at the California African American Museum in LA. Chronicling the history of black bikers in and around Oakland and the East Bay, the show examines the contribution of blacks (and black women) to popular cultural perceptions of motorcycles and motorcycle riders. Unfortunately, we're a day (or 2 months) late and a dollar short, as the biker-specific stuff came down in March. Lucky for us, there's a book that looks at this stuff too: Soul on Bikes: the East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Set.
Still up are Howard L. Bingham's (famous for his iconic snaps of Muhammad Ali) photographs of Black Panthers taken in 1968 for LIFE magazine.
via The Vintagent and The Selvedge Yard
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