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BIPOC Creative Association and Seattle Black Panthers present The Revolution Will Not be Televised
His image—holding a rifle on the steps of the Washington state capitol building—is one of the most iconic photographs from the Black Power movement. Back in 1968, Elmer Dixon co-founded the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party to provide armed patrols to protect Black people from police beatings and killings. More than a half-century later, Dixon is a popular diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for companies, organizations and universities around the world.
Now Dixon shares his remarkable story in DIE STANDING: From Black Panther Party Revolutionary to Global Diversity Consultant by Elmer Dixon, with forewords by former Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale and David Walsh, a former police sergeant in Dublin, Ireland.
Additionally, a groundbreaking documentary about the Seattle Black Panther chapter is currently in production. Seattle Black Panthers Fight for Justice & Freedom, directed by Rick DuPree, is a documentary based on the experiences of the founders, brothers Aaron and Elmer Dixon, and their comrades of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party. The production team wanted to create a historical documentation of these brave and heroic young women and men, who put their lives on the line to become revolutionaries committed to making the world a better place for ALL oppressed people, not just oppressed Black people. Seattle Black Panthers Fight for Justice & Freedom is their story told in their words.
Presented with support from the Vancouver Civic Theatres.
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