Emory Douglas, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1943, worked as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 to the 1980’s, when the party disbanded. While incarcerated as a teenager, Douglas worked in the prison’s printing facilities. After his release he took courses in graphic design at San Francisco City College and joined the college’s Black Students Union, which aroused his interest in political activism. His illustrations and graphic design work, which were originally published in The Black Panther newspaper, have since become iconic and have been featured in exhibitions all over the world.

Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas” target=”_blank”>Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas, is a hardcover book that features some of the iconic, groundbreaking works of Douglas that featured on flyers and posters for the Black Panther Party and, in many ways, branded the party’s iconic look. Originally published in 2006, the book which features contributions from Danny Glover and Kathleen Cleaver, among others, has been updated and reformatted in 2015.