Why Manchester
, Manchester is no stranger to political struggle. It was in 'I know and deeply deplore the Manchester that the fight for universal suffrage found its sufferings which the working greatest support. It was here that the Suffragette movement people of Manchester and in all first emerged, the Co-operative Movement was launched and Europe are called to endure in Socialism arose. In Manchester, Karl Marx met Friedrich this crisis ...I cannot but regard Engels; the city's slums were the inspiration behind the your decisive utterances on the duo's revolutionary writings, which would eventually go on question as an instance of the to be published as the Communist Manifesto. The people of sublime Christian heroism which Manchester also demonstrated solidarity with black American has not been surpassed in any slaves, seeing in their struggle an echo of their own fight age or in any country: It is indeed against the oppression of the working classes. The city an energetic and re-inspiring supported the abolition of slavery and signed up to Abraham assurance of the inherent Lincoln's blockade of the southern American states, despite its truth and of the ultimate and reliance on cotton imports. The boycott led to the Lancashire universal triumph of justice, 'cotton famine', which resulted in significant mill closures and humanity and freedom.' the loss of over 300,000 jobs. Abraham Lincoln, 1862
Exhibition Curator: Pollyanna Clayton-Stamm Stephen Shames, Pirkle Jones, Karen Gabay, Curatorial Assistance: Helen Bradbury and Janlne Carol Wells from Centre for the Study of Pol1tical McGinnies Graphics, Roz Payne, Ilka Hartmann, Steven Kasher Gallery, Lincoln Cushing, Sean Stewart, Exhibition Design: Axis Graphic Design Ltd Ruth Ibegbuna, Amy Owen, Stephen Nut tall, Text: Susie Stubbs and Sam Durant Jon Chisnall, the Urbis Operations, Creative and Exhibition Lighting and Installation: Marketing teams and the RECLAIM project. Urbis FACT, Nick Bowden and the Urbis Technical and Special 'hanks '0: Sam Durant for his book Operations Team. Cathedral Gardens which has inspired the groundwork of this The exhibition would not have been possible exhibition and Benedict Farr, the Urbis Shop Manchester M4 3BG without the invaluable and generous support of: Manager, who reintroduced us all to the prol1ftc 01616058200 Alden BeMary Kimbrough, Billy X Jennlngs, work of Emory Douglas. www.urbis.org.uk
Photographs @ 2006, Stephen Shames. Cover Image from the book, The Black Panthers (Aperture). All other works @ Emory Dougla[1. ARB NY/DACSLondon, 2008 Why Manchester
, Manchester is no stranger to political struggle. It was in 'I know and deeply deplore the Manchester that the fight for universal suffrage found its sufferings which the working greatest support. It was here that the Suffragette movement people of Manchester and in all first emerged, the Co-operative Movement was launched and Europe are called to endure in Socialism arose. In Manchester, Karl Marx met Friedrich this crisis ...I cannot but regard Engels; the city's slums were the inspiration behind the your decisive utterances on the duo's revolutionary writings, which would eventually go on question as an instance of the to be published as the Communist Manifesto. The people of sublime Christian heroism which Manchester also demonstrated solidarity with black American has not been surpassed in any slaves, seeing in their struggle an echo of their own fight age or in any country: It is indeed against the oppression of the working classes. The city an energetic and re-inspiring supported the abolition of slavery and signed up to Abraham assurance of the inherent Lincoln's blockade of the southern American states, despite its truth and of the ultimate and reliance on cotton imports. The boycott led to the Lancashire universal triumph of justice, 'cotton famine', which resulted in significant mill closures and humanity and freedom.' the loss of over 300,000 jobs. Abraham Lincoln, 1862
Exhibition Curator: Pollyanna Clayton-Stamm Stephen Shames, Pirkle Jones, Karen Gabay, Curatorial Assistance: Helen Bradbury and Janlne Carol Wells from Centre for the Study of Pol1tical McGinnies Graphics, Roz Payne, Ilka Hartmann, Steven Kasher Gallery, Lincoln Cushing, Sean Stewart, Exhibition Design: Axis Graphic Design Ltd Ruth Ibegbuna, Amy Owen, Stephen Nut tall, Text: Susie Stubbs and Sam Durant Jon Chisnall, the Urbis Operations, Creative and Exhibition Lighting and Installation: Marketing teams and the RECLAIM project. Urbis FACT, Nick Bowden and the Urbis Technical and Special 'hanks '0: Sam Durant for his book Operations Team. Cathedral Gardens which has inspired the groundwork of this The exhibition would not have been possible exhibition and Benedict Farr, the Urbis Shop Manchester M4 3BG without the invaluable and generous support of: Manager, who reintroduced us all to the prol1ftc 01616058200 Alden BeMary Kimbrough, Billy X Jennlngs, work of Emory Douglas. www.urbis.org.uk
Photographs @ 2006, Stephen Shames. Cover Image from the book, The Black Panthers (Aperture). All other works @ Emory Dougla[1. ARB NY/DACSLondon, 2008