| Title | Date Created | Description | Subject | Collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "_Pst-tt!", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A dark figure marked "Merchants" opens a door labeled "Back Door Deals". Written on recto: "_Pst-tt!".Crime | Crime, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Asleep?", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A man identified as "Negro leadership" sleeps at a switch marked "Racial Progress" which is set to the off position. Meanwhile, in the background, spiderweb-covered gears marked as "employment", "police brutality", "housing", and "school integration" remain stagnate. | African Americans--Social conditions, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, Political participation | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| Atlanta Life Calendar, 1964 | 1964 | An Atlanta Life calendar featuring a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. and his family. | African American families, African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta, African Americans--Civil rights | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Beautiful Atlanta", circa 1962 | 1960/1964 | View of a newer house facade with a deteriorating home behind it. Written on recto: "Slums...Beautiful Atlanta" | Art, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Community Effort", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A diverse group of men including a businessman, pastor, and construction worker, hold signs that read: "United For Freedom". Written on recto: Community Effort. | African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Equal Respect and Justice", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | 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". | Demonstrations, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, African Americans--Segregation, Art, Race discrimination | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Fire Fighters?", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | 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?" | African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, African Americans--Segregation, Art, African Americans--Social conditions, African American students | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Get In Boy!", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | 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! | Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Segregation | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Git!", circa 1960 | 1959/1961 | A white farmer representing "Union County" and Uncle Sam holding papers reading "Sinking U.S. Prestige Report" turn an African American military worker and a maid away from an area marked federal land. Written on recto: "Git!". | African Americans--Housing, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, Armed Forces, Race discrimination | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "He Talked 'Uppity'", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A police officer talks to a judge in a courtroom, while retaining a battered African American man by the shoulder. Written on recto: "He Talked 'Uppity', Your Honor, So Ah Jest Grabbed Mah Club, and Set About Defendin' Myself". | Police brutality, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Held Back", circa 1960 | 1959/1961 | 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". | African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Education, African American students | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "His Master's Voice", circa 1966 | 1965/1967 | Julian Bond listens to a RCA phonograph with the trademark RCA dog listening along. Bond is gripping newspapers with headlines reading " Rep. Elect Barred From Georgia Legislature. Julian Bond Refused Seat." Written on recto, emitting from the phonograph: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." (a quote from Francois Voltaire). Titled on recto: "His Master's Voice". Artist marked as Holloway. | African American civic leaders, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African American civil rights workers | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Hospital Overload", circa 1961 | 1960/1962 | A nurse carries a large package labeled "Hospital Overload" while a man labeled "Hospital Officials" sits on top with a whip. | African American women, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Health and hygiene | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "It Takes Guts To Do This", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A white man holds a lit package of dynamite outside of a blown-up school building. Written on recto: "It Takes Guts To Do This". | Art, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Jim Crow Housing", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A crow identified as "Jim Crow Housing" is impaled with a pen labeled "JFK Federal Funds". | Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Housing | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Lines of Communication Open", circa 1960 | 1959/1961 | 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". | African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--Employment, African American student movements | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "...Meet Some of My Growing Family", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | Three characters identified as "Filth," "Crime," and "Disease" stand below in the hands of a house-like figure labeled "Slums". Written on recto: "Meet Some of My Growing Family". | Crime, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, African Americans--Housing, Poverty, Slums | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "...Must Swing Both Ways To Work", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A clock pendulum with a white man and an African American man's face on opposite sides symbolizing patience swings back and forth. | Race relations, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, Civil rights movements | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Negro Voters", circa 1961 | 1960/1962 | A white man symbolizing Atlanta Negro Voters' League with an "I'm for Ivan [Allen Jr.]" button force-feeds an African American man symbolizing "Negro Voters" medicine from a bottle marked "Political Decision". | Political participation, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art, Voting | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
| "Over Matched!", circa 1962 | 1961/1963 | A boxer symbolizing the "Law of the Land" holds back another smaller white boxer symbolizing the "South's Tradition on Race". Written on recto: "Over-Matched!". | Race discrimination, African Americans--Politics and government, Political cartoons, Art | Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection |
Mar 23, 2020
Maurice Pennington Political Cartoon Collection
Maurice Pennington was a photographer and cartoonist for The Atlanta Inquirer during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. A talented multimedia artist, Pennington documented the boycotts, sit-ins, and the arrests of students, commenting critically on the political and social climate in Atlanta through cartoons - skewering local politicians, admonishing Black leaders for their accommodationist views, and reminding his audience of the incompatibility of segregation and democracy.
All works in this collection either are protected by copyright or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
