“Revolutionary Art Is a Tool for Liberation”

A poster-size drawing by Emory Douglas titled Shoot to Kill (figure 1) occupied the back page of the November 21, 1970 issue of the Black Panther, the Black Panther Party's newspaper. The drawing, which featured scenes of black men killing white policemen, was subtitled “Our Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas, Teaches: 'We Have to Begin to Draw Pictures That Will Make People Go Out and Kill Pigs.'”