Revision Path: Episode15; Emory Douglas: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Episode 15 of the Revision Path podcast. It begins with instrumental music fading in, before host Maurice Cherry welcomes the listeners to the podcast and introduces himself. He mentions that this episode is the last in a series of three interviews for AIGA.

He then introduces his guest, Emory Douglas, and tells him “Alright, so, tell us who you are and what you do.” The episode continues with Douglas providing a short autobiography. Some of the topics they discuss include: disability in both their families; Douglas’ incarceration at the age of 15; Douglas’ introduction to the Black Panther Party; Douglas’ transition from the black arts movement to the Panther movement; Douglas’ idiosyncratic design style and his ability to integrate art and politics; his interactions with people like Amiri Baraka, Huey Newton and Bobby Seal; mentorship in the design community; diversity in the profession; historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs); his post-Panther life; as well as his daughter’s current work.

After the interview, Cherry thanks Douglas and the listeners as the outro background music plays.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 20, 2014
• Produced by: Maurice Cherry, American
• Interview of: Emory Douglas, American, born 1943
• Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Subject of: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
• Subject of: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
• Subject of: Amiri Baraka, American, 1934 - 2014
• Subject of: Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998
• Subject of: Tarika Lewis, American
• Type: sound recordings
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 48 min., 34 sec.
• Dimensions: File size: 23.4 MB
• Place made: United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Families
• Object number: 2019.47.6.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maurice Cherry and Glitch, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Maurice Cherry and Glitch, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.