The Black Panther, Vol. VI, no. 23

That same year, Panther member and artist Emory Douglas began to oversee the art direction and production of the paper, a role he maintained until the paper ceased publication in 1979. Introduced to printing while in a youth prison, Douglas later studied graphic design at San Francisco Community College. Using his training and inexpensive printing technologies of the day, Douglas produced designs for The Black Panther, such as collages and political cartoons that became icons of the Black leftist cause. This 1971 issue features one of Douglas's drawings.