The racist dog policeman...

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Artist/Maker	Douglas, Emory (artist)
Place of origin	United States (made)

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton as a direct response to the increased instances of police brutality in their local community. The message printed here is a defiant challenge to the guilty law enforcement officers, declaring that their violent behaviour will be met with equally violent retaliation.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Black History Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The racist dog policeman... (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Paper and ink
Brief description	Anti-police brutality Black Panther Party Poster. Illustrated image. USA, ca. 1970.
Physical description	Cartoon illustration of pigs dressed as police officers running away from a lit stick of dynamite. Black text above and below image.
Dimensions	Height: 44.4cm Width: 57.8cm
Marks and inscriptions	"The racist dog policeman must withdraw immediately from our communities, cease their wanton murder and brutality and torture of Black people, or face the wrath of the armed people." Emory (signed in lower portion of image, near pigs' trotters)
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Production	distributed and posted in New Haven, Connecticut in April 1970
Subjects depicted	Radicalism Race (Concept) Politics Propaganda Pigs Dynamite Newton, Huey P.
Place depicted	United States
Summary	The Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton as a direct response to the increased instances of police brutality in their local community. The message printed here is a defiant challenge to the guilty law enforcement officers, declaring that their violent behaviour will be met with equally violent retaliation.
Other number	LS.1057 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.755-2004

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Record created	August 6, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102245/the-racist-dog-policeman-poster-douglas-emory/

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