Meet our Colleague: Artist, Activist, and Revolutionary Emory Douglas!

As the most recent Prison Radio mailing arrives in your mailboxes, you will find the newest Mumia Abu-Jamal sticker and poster. The striking imagery on the sticker is courtesy of Emory Douglas, revolutionary artist and former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party (BPP).

Prison Radio is deeply thankful for the contributions Emory Douglas has made. His works for the movement astutely capture the revolutionary spirit of the abolition and exemplify the timeless nature of his art.

“Douglas is most noted for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper of Police as Pigs and of a Black proletariat armed for self-defense. His provocative style visually articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban Black youth to resist police violence, and the need for community-based social programs. In addition, Douglas’s use of rich colors, dark bold edging, and photos of everyday Black people to make collages created an authentic style that expressed the ideological platform of the Black Panthers and the heightened community consciousness of Black Power as a political concept.” – via Aaron Modica for BlackPast

They Should be Paying

my Rent (2008)

by Emory Douglas

An Attack Against One Is An Attack Against All poster (1966) by Emory Douglas

Freedom by Emory Douglas

New from Prison Radio: Mumia Greets Emory Douglas

view Emory Douglas’ interview in Long Distance Revolutionary here

“Douglas continues to work as a political artist and activist, producing work that seamlessly translates complex political issues into easily understood illustration, a hallmark of the pieces he produced as a member of the Panthers…Deeply bound to American history and politics, his imagery evokes a powerful, globally resonant narrative,” via Douglas’ MoMA profile

Collaborating with influential artists like Emory Douglas allows us at Prison Radio to sustain a revolutionary spirit of resistance in all of our work. Your support is part of that collaboration. Please consider making a gift today.

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