A reformatted, accessibly priced edition of a collection of Black Panther posters and graphics as created by the party's art director and minister of culture includes some of the era's most iconic images and offers insight into the party's visual identity and enduring influence.
A reformatted and reduced price edition of the first book to show the provocative posters and groundbreaking graphics of the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, formed in the aftermath of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, sounded a defiant cry for an end to the institutionalized subjugation of African Americans. The Black Panther newspaper was founded to articulate the partys message, and artist Emory Douglas became the papers art director and later the partys minister of culture. Douglass artistic talents and experience proved a powerful combination: his striking collages of photographs and his own drawings combined to create some of the eras most iconic images. This landmark book brings together a remarkable lineup of party insiders who detail the crafting of the partys visual identity.
| Introduction to Revised Edition |
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| Preface |
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| Foreword |
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| Introduction |
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19 | (30) |
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words |
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49 | (44) |
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What Revolution Looks Like: The Work of Black Panther Artist Emory Douglas |
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93 | (36) |
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Emory Douglas and the Third World Cultural Revolution |
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129 | (40) |
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Emory Douglas: A "Good Brother," a "Bad" Artist |
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169 | (30) |
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An Artist for the People: An Interview with Emory Douglas |
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199 | (19) |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Photography credits |
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Emory Douglas was the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until its discontinuation in the early 1980s. Colette Gaiter is associate professor of visual communications in the art department at the University of Delaware. Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party with Huey Newton. Sam Durant is a Los Angelesbased artist. Danny Glover is an actor, producer, and director. Kathleen Cleaver, attorney, author, and senior lecturer at Yale University and Emory Law School, joined the Black Panther Party in 1967. Amiri Baraka is a writer and political activist.
