Revolutionary Black Student Conference

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The Black Panther Party of Connecticut (publishers)

Douglas, Emory (Artist)

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.

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Categories	Black History Posters Propaganda
Object type	Poster
Title	Revolutionary Black Student Conference (generic title)
Brief description	"Revolutionary Black Student Conference" photocopied flyer. Image by Emory Douglas. USA.
Dimensions	Height: 355mm Width: 216mm
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	Racism Politics Propaganda Submachine Guns Students The Black Panther Party of Connecticut
Associations	Civil Rights Movement, USA. (1950s On) Black Panther Party
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.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1630-2004

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1024151/revolutionary-black-student-conference-poster-douglas-emory/

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