06/19/2026
Napoleon Jones-Henderson wanted viewers to see his prints “as an image of themselves, because the works were about projecting positive images.”
Jones-Henderson’s screenprint “A Few Words From the Prophet Stevie” was created during the Black Arts Movement—the cultural wings of the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
In the print, you can find symbols and colors associated with , including the horizontal red, black, and green bands of color in the pyramid, which also make up the colors of the Pan-African flag.
In 1969, while still an art student, Jones-Henderson joined the artist collective AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), which sought to use visual art for the empowerment and liberation of Black communities.
See this work in Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200, on view now.
🎨 Napoleon Jones-Henderson. A Few Words From the Prophet Stevie, 1976. Screenprint on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.22. © Napoleon Jones-Henderson. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
