Revolutionary Student
Poster
1970 (made)
1970 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The Black Panther Party was a militant civil rights group. Its initial purpose was the patrolling of black ghettos to protect residents from police brutality. The carrying of guns was integral to this policy of self-defence and symbolic of it. The Party also urged the black community to be self-reliant and advocated the teaching of Black History. Emory Douglas (the Panther's Minister for Culture) fuses these principles in this poster. The revolutionary student wears non-American dress and carries a Black Studies book along with the trademark firearm.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Revolutionary Student (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Emory Douglas, Poster produced by the Black Panther Party, USA, 1970 |
| Physical description | Illustration of a woman carrying a baby, armed with a gun over her shoulder and an armed man, gun in hand, carrying a Black Studies textbook. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Revolutionary Student |
| 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 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The Black Panther Party was a militant civil rights group. Its initial purpose was the patrolling of black ghettos to protect residents from police brutality. The carrying of guns was integral to this policy of self-defence and symbolic of it. The Party also urged the black community to be self-reliant and advocated the teaching of Black History. Emory Douglas (the Panther's Minister for Culture) fuses these principles in this poster. The revolutionary student wears non-American dress and carries a Black Studies book along with the trademark firearm. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Prop Art: over 1000 contemporary political posters' by Gary Yanker. New York City: Darien House. 1972. page 186 |
| Other number | LS.1060 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.303-2004 |
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| Record created | July 3, 2004 |
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