Print of man raising an automatic rifle

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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."

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