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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nBabylon Falling in association with It’s About Time presents an 
 exhibition of radical underground newspapers from the sixties and seventies 
 in the United States.  The exhibit will be comprised of a variety of 
 original copies of Berkeley Tribe, Berkeley Barb, The Realist, Chicago 
 Seed, East Village Other, Catholic Worker, Civil Liberties, I Wor Kuen, 
 American Report, SDS New Left Notes, and the Black Panther Party Newspaper. 
 \n \nBilly X Jennings, who has graciously opened up his archive for Babylon 
 Falling, will be leading a brief discussion on the history of the radical 
 underground press in America.  Emory Douglas, the former Minister of 
 Culture for the Black Panther Party, will also give a short talk on the 
 role that art played in these papers.\n\nJoin us here at Babylon Falling 
 for the opening reception and talk on Thursday, February 19th 2009 from 
 6-9pm.  There will be drinks and music as always.  The event is wheelchair 
 accessible. The exhibition will run through March 11th.\n\nAbout Billy X 
 Jennings and It’s About Time\n\nBilly Jennings grew up in San Diego and 
 moved to Oakland in June 1968. He was Huey Newton’s assistant and a 
 member of the Black Panther Party from 1968 to 1974. He currently works as 
 the Black Panther Party archivist, running the website It's About Time 
 (itsabouttimebpp.com), and working to preserve the true history of the 
 Black Panther Party through education.  It’s About Time represents Black 
 Panther Party Alumni worldwide.\n\nAbout Emory Douglas \n\nAt eight years 
 old Emory Douglas moved from Grand Rapids, Michigan to the Fillmore 
 District in San Francisco. He studied commercial art at the City College of 
 San Francisco. Present since the early days of the Black Panther Party 
 (BPP), Emory officially became a member in 1967 offering his talent as an 
 artist to Bobby Seale’s nascent Black Panther Newspaper.  From 1967 until 
 the party’s dissolution in the early 1980s Emory oversaw the layout and 
 publication as the BPP Minister of Culture, and his artwork graced the 
 pages of the paper (which reached a circulation of 400,000 copies per week 
 at its peak).  Many of those images were also to be seen pasted up on the 
 streets throughout the Bay Area.  Emory currently lives in San Francisco 
 and continues to lend his talent, voice, and vision to the causes in which 
 he believes.\n\nAbout Babylon Falling\n\nBabylon Falling is a 
 concept-driven independent bookstore with a focus on the spirit of 
 Revolution. In addition to new books, we also carry similarly themed 
 collectible toys, posters, artwork and DVDs, and our own in house clothing 
 line featuring designs submitted by those artists who have exhibited here. 
 The name of the store reflects the owner's Jamaican heritage, where the 
 word Babylon is an all-purpose euphemism for both oppression and those who 
 oppress. The phrase Babylon Falling then, is at once an affirmation and a 
 demand.\n\nPrevious shows at Babylon Falling have included Hal Lawrence, 
 Robert Bowen, David Choong Lee, John Felix Arnold III, Emory Douglas, Le 
 Bijoutier, Roger Steffens & Peter Simon, David Ball, buZ blurr, C3, Shawn 
 Mortensen, and most recently local artist David Young.\n\nFor pictures of 
 past events at Babylon Falling please see: 
 www.babylonfalling.com/Events.html\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/05/18568478.php
SUMMARY:SF: Exhibit of Radical Underground Newspapers at Babylon Falling
LOCATION:Babylon Falling\n1017 Bush Street (@Jones)\nSan Francisco, CA 94109
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/05/18568478.php
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