To spread a little more love, check out these prints from legendary Black Panther artist Emory Douglas.  Mr Douglas gets all our respect for help making visual art a tool of protest.  Read the info below!

San Francisco, California (March 2009) – Station 4 is presenting three historic Emory Douglas propaganda art pieces originally published in the Black Panther newspaper in 1970 and 1971. The limited edition silk screened images are the first of a twelve print collectors series.

In 1967 Emory Douglas became an active member of the Black Panther Party based in San Francisco and quickly became responsible for the design of the Black Panther’s official paper of the party.

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“Many of the images may surprise viewers coming to them for the first time. These images, some nearly forty years old, are still as powerful as when Emory Douglas first created them. They are serious and defiant pictures, and they were meant to change the world. Douglas was the Revolutionary Artist of the Black Panther Party and then became its Minister of Culture, part of the national leadership.

Each screenprint has been meticulously reproduced by Chuck Sperry of the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company headquartered in Oakland, California and are signed and numbered by Mr. Douglas. The art pieces are printed on archival cotton rag paper in collaboration with the artist and include a certificate of authenticity. A total of 12 historic limited edition Emory Douglas screenprints available from Station 4. The first three of the series are currently available now at www.station4.co.uk.

Art Piece Information:

Warning to America
Originally published in The Black Panther June 27, 1970
Reprinted by Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co.
(c) 2008 Emory Douglas/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Printed on archival cotton rag paper – 2 colour screenprint
Dimensions: 20” x 30” (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Signed and numbered by the artist
Limit 1 per customer
Edition of 150
Price: $300

Our People’s Army
Originally published in The Black Panther April 18, 1970
Reprinted by Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co.
(c) 2008 Emory Douglas/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Printed on archival cotton rag paper – 2 colour screenprint
Dimensions: 20” x 30” (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Signed and numbered by the artist
Limit 1 per customer
Edition of 150
Price: $300

They Should Be Paying My Rent
Originally published in The Black Panther February 27, 1971
Reprinted by Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co.
(c) 2008 Emory Douglas/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Printed on archival cotton rag paper – 2 colour screenprint
Dimensions: 20” x 30” (50.8 x 76.2cm)
Signed and numbered by the artist
Limit 1 per customer
Edition of 150
Price: $300