Print of man raising an automatic rifle
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Designed by
content: Emory Douglas, American, born 1943
label: Distributed by
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
notes: label: Description
content: This print depicts a man wearing a beret holding aloft an automatic rifle. He holds the weapon in his right hand, the sleeve of his right arm rolled up above the elbow. His mouth is open and his eyes are red. Grey and blue lines radiate from the figure. In the bottom left corner is text that reads "Only on the bones/ of the oppressors/ can the people's/ freedom be founded-/only the blood of the/ oppressors can fertilize/ the soil for the people's/ self-rule." By the figure's left should is the artist's signature "Emory '69." In the margin under the image are two blocks of text, and an image of a black panther in the center. On the bottom right the text reads "Ministry of Information/ Box 2967, Custom House/ San Francisco, CA 94126." On the bottom left the text reads "Revolutionary art by/ Minister of Culture/ EMORY."
place: label: Place made
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.11.3
objectType: label: Type
content: prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Artists Rights Society
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 17 × 12 1/2 in. (43.2 × 31.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 22 11/16 × 14 15/16 in. (57.6 × 38 cm)