Emory Douglas supports the Angola 3

Video Interview with Emory Douglas: The Angola 3, the Prison-Industrial Complex, and Abolishing Solitary Confinement

By Angola 3 News

Emory Douglas first served as the art director for the Black Panther Partys newspaper, and later served as Minister of Culture until 1980. Throughout these years, Douglas iconic artwork was published in the BPP newspaper and beyond. His artwork is featured in the new book entitled Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas. For more information about Douglas, please visit:




http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Emory_Art/Emory_Art_index.html

Douglas was interviewed in San Francisco by Angola 3 News in October 2009. This is the first segment of our interview to be released. In this segment, Douglas speaks about the Angola 3, the prison-industrial complex, and abolishing solitary confinement.

37 years ago in Louisiana, 3 young black men were silenced for trying to expose continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the biggest prison in the US, an 18,000-acre former slave plantation called Angola. In 1972 and 1973 prison officials charged Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and Robert King with murders they did not commit and threw them into 6x9 ft. cells in solitary confinement, for over 36 years. Robert was freed in 2001, but Herman and Albert remain behind bars.

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Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• human rights
• torture
• prisons
• racism
• slavery
• black panther party

[angola3news]

Glad you liked the video. Thanks for leaving the encouraging note. Yes, Emory is very wise. We interviewed him for an hour, so be sure to check out the upcoming segments that we'll be releasing in coming weeks.

Free all political prisoners!

[ontheearthproduction]

You're right, "to Educate is always important".

thanks for taking the time to produce this video.

k