- Collection:
- Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoons at the Richard B. Russell Library.
- Title:
- Regretfully, we interrupt this program to-- / Baldy, [1959 May 6].
- Creator:
- Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-1999
- Publisher:
- [Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta Constitution], 1959 May 6.
- Date of Original:
- 1959-05-06
- Subject:
- Lynching--Mississippi--Poplarville
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)
Southern States--Race relations
Mississippi--Race relations - People:
- Parker, Mack Charles--Assassination
Parker, Mack Charles - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, Pearl River County, 30.76858, -89.58978
United States, Mississippi, Pearl River County, Poplarville, 30.84019, -89.53423 - Medium:
- editorial cartoons
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts a downcast Uncle Sam, labeled "South," talking into a microphone labeled "USA." He is leaning on scattered papers labeled "Morality, Goals, Ideals, Plans [and] Social Progress." An African American man is lying dead in the background with "Mississippi Lynching" written above him.
Explanatory note: Refers to April 25, 1959 lynching of Mack Charles Parker in Poplarville, Mississippi. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_bald_am-1289
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_bald_am-1289#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_bald_am-1289/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- The Baldowski cartoons created for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are licensed to the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Title of the cartoon], [Date of cartoon], editorial cartoon by Clifford H. Baldowski, Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 item ; 39 x 34 cm. paper pen and ink.
- Original Collection:
- Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
-
