"I'm eight. I was born on the day of the Supreme Court decision" /...

CALL NUMBER:Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:201 [item] [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-ppmsca-03061 (digital file from original)
LC-USZ62-132857 (b&w film copy neg.)
Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions," (

SUMMARY: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."

MEDIUM:1 drawing on layered paper : ink, crayon, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing ; 22.5 x 15 in. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:c1962 May 17.

CREATOR:

Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Herbert L. Block Collection (Library of Congress).

Forms part of the Herbert L. Block Collection.

Exhibited in: Herblock''s Gift : Selections from the Herb Block Foundation Collection, Library of Congress, 2003.

Exhibited: With an even hand: Brown v. Board of Education at fifty years, Library of Congress, 2004.

Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2002:201

SUBJECTS:

African Americans--Civil rights--1960-1970.
African Americans--Education--1960-1970.
Segregation--1960-1970.
Race discrimination--1960-1970.

FORMAT:

Editorial cartoons 1960-1970.
Ink drawings 1960-1970.

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(original) ppmsca 03061
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c32857

CARD #:2003652660

Pop Art Machine Code: ppmsca-03000-03061


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