Emory Douglas
Recent articles about Emory Douglas
Hippie shake-up
Issue 94, Summer 2017
What do Victor Moscoso’s psychedelic music posters, Harley Davidson’s Captain…
Raw and radical
Issue 86, Autumn 2013
The ‘underground press’ died out more than 40 years ago. Yet it lives on…
Recent blog posts by Emory Douglas
Great display in Harlem
21 March 2018
Inspiring exhibitions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture illustrate the dynamic power of graphic design. By Robert Newman
If, like me, you’ve been both inspired and entertained by the cultural moment that the Black Panther movie has engendered, writes Robert Newman, you’ll want to see two equally inspiring and entertaining visual exhibitions at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City: ‘Power in Print’ and ‘Black Power!’.
Treasure trove of graphic resistance
22 January 2009
Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution
What better time to see an exhibition of work by Emory Douglas, the official artist of the Black Panther Party, asks Noel Douglas (no relation – Ed). Like the Panthers, Barack Obama’s campaign also made highly visible use of ‘street’ graphics, with strong networks of grassroots flyposting, and the connections – and differences – between the two periods are made obvious as you walk around Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution at Urbis in Manchester.