Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
“The panther was an animal that if put into a corner it would attack. But it wouldn’t attack anyone unless it had to defend itself.” -Emory Douglas Every revolutionary movement has its graphic art—bold lines, eye-catching colors, slogans aplenty. It is a form so well-worn as to have become cliché, a mode of communication that … Continue reading "The Radical Art of The Black Panther, the Revolution’s Newspaper from 1967 to 1980"
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
In conjunction with the Department of History, a selection of Mr. Douglas' work will make its home at the Denison Museum in Spring 2018.
The 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was thrust into the mainstream early in 2016, when Beyoncé paid tribute to the revolutio...
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
The 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was thrust into the mainstream early in 2016, when Beyoncé paid tribute to the revolutio...
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
The Village Voice archives looks at the unique career of graphic artist Emory Douglas, the Black Panther Party's Minister of Culture.
1969 One of the unique aspects of the Black Panthers as a political project was their emphasis on the cultural component of revolutionary work. In addition to community-based education and social programs for both children and adults, the Panthers had a house band (The Lumpen—check them out), and a Minister of Culture, the groundbreaking Emory Douglas, whose art for The Black Panther newspaper created a visual context for black liberation. Douglas’ political art came honest. His own impoverished childhood in the Bay Area was interrupted by a spell in a juvenile detention center, where he found a niche in the prison print shop. He later studied commercial art at San Francisco City College, which is where he joined the Black Students Union before being appointed Minister of Culture. Douglas’ work is incredibly distinctive, often produced with very little budget or time. He favored bold, organic lines, thoughtful collage-work and saturated colors, creating imagery of both dignified black people and cartoonish political antagonists (often soldiers, cops or politicians depicted as rats or pigs). You’ll notice a lot of weapons—remember, the original name was “The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense,” and much of the original intent was protecting black...
We are honored to hold over 100 issues of The Black Panther, instrument for social justice and vehicle for the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas.
The 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was thrust into the mainstream early in 2016, when Beyoncé paid tribute to the revolutio...
We are honored to hold over 100 issues of The Black Panther, instrument for social justice and vehicle for the revolutionary art of Emory Douglas.
Through his art, Douglas challenged U.S. imperialism, police occupation, wealth inequality, corporate greed, the American penal system, and FBI surveillance.
In late October 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Searle, who had met at Merritt College, a public community college in Oakland, California, founded the Black Panther Party. Originally the Panthers were more about community organisation and could almost have been described as a neighbourhood watch scheme (the original name was the Black Panther Party of … Continue reading "Extraordinary Pictures, Posters and Flyers of the Black Panther Party, 1967-1972"
