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hi people -
if you are in manchester anytime between now and april i urge you to go
see an amazing exhibition about Emory Douglas and the Black Panthers.
The exhibition is HUGE - almost too big for a lay visitor - so the type
of thing you need to go to in the morning with a notepad, camera, packed
lunch and learning boots on and leave well into the afternoon. its
compelling, inspirational, moving and informative, go see it!
here's the blurb, taken from the website.
http://www.urbis.org.uk/page.asp?id=3248
Emory Douglas, First and only Minister of Culture for the Black Panther
Party exhibits his work in our UK premiere exhibition.
40 years on from the 1968 Mexican Olympic Games, when John Carlos and
Tommy Smith controversially raised their fists in a Black Power salute,
this exhibition looks at the meaning and history behind this gesture, as
told through the graphic artwork of Emory Douglas, the official artist of
the Black Panther Party and its first and only Minister of Culture.
Douglas created a compelling, motivational graphic style. His art from
this period, documents growing civil unrest and rapid change. Previously
unseen in the UK, the exhibition shows Douglas’ work from this period,
including posters, cartoons and campaign pamphlets.
Emory Douglas became an active member of the Black Panther Party in 1967.
He quickly became responsible for the design of the Black Panther's,
Black Community News Service, the official paper of the party, in which
he used his strong graphic style to communicate recent news and events to
the largely illiterate local black community.
His slogans, ‘All Power to the People’, ‘Revolution in our Lifetime’, and
his use of pigs and rats for the first time, to represent police and
politicians, have become part of everyday language.
Coinciding with Barak Obama’s historic White House challenge, the
exhibition in Manchester is a timely reminder of just how much the
political and social climate has changed since 1968.
