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  • Subjects = African Americans--Segregation
An African American man and woman hold signs reading: "We Demand Equal Respect and Justice", and "We are too Proud to Continue Accepting Segregation". Below them is a quote from Abraham Lincoln that reads: "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it".
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection
A fireman representing "Some of Us" hoses gasoline from a "Pump of 'Still Buying'" on the fires of a house marked "Equal Opportunities" with flames of "Segregation". Meanwhile, African American students work to put out the fire with water. Written on recto: "Fire Fighters?"
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection
Lester Maddox behind the wheel of a car gestures to an African American man standing on the sidewalk to get in the back of his car marked "Colored Only". The African American man is identified as Senator Johnson and Friends. Written on recto: Get in Boy!
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection
A man representing a Confederate stabs Lady Liberty with a sword labeled "Segregation". Written on recto: "Take That Y'u Foreigner".
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection
A man symbolizing the Student-Adult Committee [Atlanta Student Movement] sits at a switchboard labeled "Ever-Ready". The labels on the switchboard read: "Equal Rights", "Employment", "School Desegregation", "Sit-Ins", "Lunch Counters", and "Boycott".  Written on recto: "Lines of Communication Open".
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection
A young man labeled "Negro Pupils" stands freezing in the snow in tattered clothes chained to a ball marked "Segregation". Just out of reach is a fire burning with fuel logs labeled as "Transportation", "Trade and Industrial Training", "Libraries", "County Funds", and Maintenance". Written on recto: "Held Back".
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection