Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, formed in the aftermath of the assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, remains one of the most controversial movements of the 20th-century. Founded by the charismatic Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, the party sounded a defiant cry for an end to the institutionalized subjugation of African Americans. The Black Panther newspaper was founded to articulate the party´s message and artist Emory Douglas became the paper´s art director and later the party´s Minister of Culture.Douglas´s artistic talents and experience proved a powerful combination: his striking collages of photographs and his own drawings combined to create some of the era´s most iconic images, like that of Newton with his signature beret and large gun set against a background of a blood-red star, which could be found blanketing neighborhoods during the 12 years the paper existed.This landmark book brings together a remarkable lineup of party insiders who detail the crafting of the party´s visual identity.