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"Yeah, but did you guys ever stop to realize if they let us go to their schools we're liable to wind up just as confused as those governors an' judges!"
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows three small African American boys (one holding a small hound dog) discussing the prospect of attending desegrated schools. One warns that attending schools with white children to may cause them to become "as confused as those governors an' judges!" In 1954 in the case Brown vs. the Board of Education, the Supreme Court decided that the old "separate but equal" principle was unconstitutional and called for the integration of the public schools "with all deliberate speed." Southern governors denounced the decision and threatened to use all possible methods to circumvent the decision. The progress of integration proceeded with many setbacks along the way over the next decade. Oliver Harrington was one of the first African American cartoonists. He was a sharp critic of the race situation in the United States and found it expedient after 1951 to do his cartooning from Europe. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | School integration--United States--1950-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | African Americans--Children--1950-1960. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Boys--United States--1950-1960. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
