Collection Items

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    Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Right behind you" 1 drawing.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1982-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "He was all for it, except for some parts beginning here" 1 drawing.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1990-01-01
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Tote dat barge! Lift dat boycott! Ride dat bus!" 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.9 x 36.8 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing an angry white man at a bus stop in Montgomery, Alabama, exhorting an African American man to ride the bus during the boycott of buses by African Americans.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1956-03-25
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Poplarville, Mississippi, U.S.A., 1959 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.5 x 36.6 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing a lynch mob dragging a victim off to his execution.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1959-04-28
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Pray keep moving, brother" 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 53 x 36.2 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing a man urging an African American to move along and not consider entering the "First Segregationist Church" which claims to be "The brotherhood of man".
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1960-08-14
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Sorry, but you have an incurable skin condition" 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.2 x 38.3 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing an African American man seated in a chair, a diploma(?) under his arm, doctor's bag on his lap, and framed academic degrees leaning against the chair; he is being examined by two physicians(?), one from the "Lily White Hospital", the…
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1963-07-04
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "And remember, nothing can be accomplished by taking to the streets" 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.2 x 38.1 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing an African American man being pushed into the street by a white businessman; signs on the establishments behind them show that "Housing", "School", "Public accommodations", and "Job opportunities" are all "Restricted".
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1963-09-06
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "I got one of 'em just as she almost made it back to the church" 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.5 x 38.4 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing a "Selma Alabama Special Storm Trooper" gloating as he gleefully washes off his billy club, his helmet sits on a shelf, a gas mask hangs from his belt.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1965-03-09
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Jericho, U.S.A. 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.5 x 38.4 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing a procession of people as they pass the walls of "Jericho", labeled "Voting discrimination", on their way to Montgomery, Alabama, demanding equal rights for African Americans.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1965-03-21
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "--One nation-- indivisible-- " 1 drawing on paper : ink, graphite, and opaque white, with tonal film overlay and porous point pen over graphite underdrawing ; 57.7 x 36 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon showing a stifling "Innercity Public School" surrounded by dark, sinister looking, tenement houses, and, in the background, a new, light, and spacious "Suburan Heights Public School".
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1977-02-22
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Nah, you ain't got enough edjiccashun to vote" 1 drawing : graphite, ink, opaque white, and overlays over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 55.8 x 35.5 cm. | Editorial cartoon shows an African American man experiencing discrimination while trying to vote; holding books and carrying a briefcase bearing a Tuskegee pendent, he stands before three white males; one man is seated with his feet resting on top a padlocked ballot box. On December…
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1958-12-10
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Other foreign news" 1 drawing : ink brush and graphite, with opaque white and overlays, over graphite underdrawing ; 57.2 x 38.3 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows three white students, one carrying a sign that states "American Go Home", taunting James Meredith, an African American student, while he is studying at the University of Mississippi.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1962-10-26
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Let 'em vote for congressmen - long as we can keep the congressmen from voting for them" 1 drawing : ink brush and graphite, with opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.4 x 38.2 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a southern white hayseed and B. Everett Jordan, head of the Senate Committee on Rules; they are standing in front of a wall of congressional(?) mailboxes, covered with cobwebs, that may contain civil rights legislation that they hope to stall or…
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1962-12-19
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "You don't understand, Boy - You're supposed to just shuffle along" 1 drawing : graphite, India ink with opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.4 x 38.7 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a white male attempting to hold back an African American man who is confidently striding forward in the direction of a sign that states "Rights of Americans".
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1963-05-15
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Message to Congress 1 drawing : graphite, India ink with opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.2 x 38.4 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a lectern on which are papers with text from the Declaration of Independence, with an American flag, flanked by fasces, hanging in the background.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1963-06-21
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "In this boat we're all integrated" 1 drawing : graphite, India ink with opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.2 x 38 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a mixed race group of men labeled "Education Opportunities, Employment Situation, [and] Civil Rights" in one end of a boat labeled "U.S. Economic Progress", and "Business" and "Unions" in the other end of the boat that appears to be adrift at sea.…
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1963-08-07
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    --Conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal ... 1 drawing : graphite, India ink with opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.2 x 38 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a mixed race crowd of people standing before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" on August 28, 1963.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1963-08-27
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Half slave and half free 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 38.2 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows the bottom half of a man's torso labeled "Civil Rights Bill", with his left leg chained to a large ball labeled "Senate Filibuster Rule" and on his right leg a broken shackle labeled "House Committees"; he is standing before the U.S. Capitol…
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1964-02-13
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "And, over here, the enemy - people" 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white, with overlay, over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 38.2 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a police officer, exhibiting ape-like posture, briefing other officers, who are squatting like apes and sitting on their haunches like the police dogs among them, about the weapons to be used, "Fire Hose, Club, Auto", in the event that civil…
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1964-02-28
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "I'm eight. I was born on the day of the Supreme Court decision" 1 drawing on layered paper : ink, crayon, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 22.5 x 15 in. (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows an African American girl seated on a step with a birthday cake on her lap, she speaks to a man wearing a business suit; across the street, behind a tall wrought iron fence, is the "James Crow Public School."
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1962-05-17
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    [Approaching moment of truth] 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 38.2 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a large bull labeled "Filibuster" in the Senate chamber, which is in disarray, standing over a fallen man labeled "Civil Rights", facing another man labeled "Senate" who is holding a large sword labeled "Cloture".
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1964-05-22
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Handwriting on the wall 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 38.2 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a hand of the "U.S. Supreme Court" writing on a blackboard "The time for 'deliberate speed' has run out", as two old men labeled "Segregationist Devices" and "Racist Politics" stare at the words.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1964-05-31
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "Safe!" 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, crayon, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 38.3 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a baseball umpire calling a close play at home plate; he indicates that the runner, number "64", labeled "Civil Rights Bill" is safe.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1964-06-21
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    Investigation in Mississippi 1 drawing : India ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 57.6 x 38.4 cm (sheet) | Editorial cartoon shows a hand labeled "U.S." lifting a large rock to reveal a white hooded snake labeled "Local 'Law Enforcement' Agents."
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1964-12-08
  • Photo, Print, Drawing
    "I wish to assure all Americans that Mississippi will continue to be the most law-abiding state in the nation" - Gov. Paul Johnson 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 57.6 x 38.4 cm. | Editorial cartoon drawing shows a police officer, with gun drawn, and a Ku Klux Klan member holding an automatic rifle, standing together with big smiles on their faces.
    • Contributor: Block, Herbert
    • Date: 1965-02-18