This cartoon appeared several days after the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King. The title, “Civil Rights Report,” is a grim play on words. It refers to the frequent reports on American race relations received by the U.S. Congress but also the report, or sound, of a rifle shot. The slow process of institutional change, symbolized by the image of the capitol building, is interrupted by the assassin’s bullet. The influential cartoonist “Herblock” was a master of these dramatic contrasts.
Greenfield Recorder. “Civil Rights Report.” April 9, 1968. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l08-005/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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