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[Start the recall of judges with this one]
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | United States |
| Description | Cartoon shows the ghostly figure of a manic-looking man, labeled "Judge Lynch," carrying a book labeled "Lynch Law," hovering over a procession of people. The procession is led by three solid citizens followed by farmers, unruly elements, and finally a long line of regular citizens including women, who look back. One of the unruly men shoots a dog. This drawing is a slightly abbreviated version of a colored drawing that appeared in the Feb. 21, 1912 issue of Puck. In the published version, Judge Lynch carries a lighted torch, and the people in the procession look back at a small column of smoke in the distance -- presumably a lynching. "Judge Lynch" was the personification of the practice, frequently found in the South, of executing African Americans suspected of crimes, without the benefit of trial. In the second decade of the Twentieth Century, Progressives advocated various reforms designed to circumvent the state governments viewed as the tools of entrenched interests. The Recall was intended to allow the citizenry to directly vote officials out of office. The cartoonist suggests that this first be used to abolish the practice of lynching. |
| 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) | Parades & processions--United States--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Lynchings--United States--1910-1920. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Ghosts--1910-1920. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
