Beautiful. I couldn't help noticing, though, that women are underrepresented. Shirley Chisholm? Maya Angelou? Rosa Parks? Angela Davis?
I'm somewhat conservative but like his poster a lot. Our struggle is the same. Some take a different road. The collective struggle and battles of all these folks whether Booker T. , Condi (if it is indeed her- looks like her to me), or Malcolm or Jesse all were part of making Obama #44. Nice poster. Looking to purchase for my home office.
I believe those who believe Condi Rice is pictured have been mistaken. This is really Michelle Obama; I have done double takes on pictures of her that could be mistaken for being of Rice.
For the three unidentified at the top center, I believe these would be the three civil right workers killed by the KKK and buried in an earthen dam. They made the ultimate sacrifice trying to get African Americans registered to vote. They were James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old white Jewish anthropology student from New York; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old white Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker also from New York.
The pictures of the slaves to the left of Armstrong, Truman and Atucus are from a group picture by James Gibson of "Group of contraband at Foller's House, Cuberland Landing, Va.
May 14th,1862. Found under Black History on Goggle. I knew I had seen the young man next to Atucus before. The only one I have yet to find is the man behind/between J. Jackson and Stowe. That too is possibly an old "slave" or post war photo yet to be found.
Thanks for the history in time for "Black History" month and the imagery of our lives
I won’t debate that with you, but this poster isn’t abut who would’ve supported Obama. For instance, I think it’s likely Abraham Lincoln would’ve been offended by the thought that a black man would be leading the country. Lincoln was a product of his times who believed blacks were innately inferior. Malcolm X was a product of his times who believed that blacks who didn’t agree with him were house slaves. Both were relics, in a sense, but both contributed in vastly different ways to the empowerment of black Americans. This cartoon isn’t about the opinions and ideologies of the people represented; it’s about recognizing the people whose sacrifices and actions made this moment possible. How they would've felt about Obama's policies isn't relevant to me.
The appearance of Malcolm X in this poster is quite laughable. If Malcolm X were alive today, he would be pretty disgusted by Obama's support for wars against Muslim people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Malcolm X had a word for people like Obama: "house slave."
Darrin,
I saw you withdrew your "official" list of attendees, and I agree that no list is better. I teach middle school and would like to see how many of the figures my students could name. I admit that Google Images helped me with many of the pictures, but you had to know hair/clothing styles to get on the right track.
It was interesting that you included Eisenhower but no Kennedys and one writer, one athlete, and one musician, and probably not the ones that most of us would have chosen. I have liked the edginess of "Candorville" since we started getting it in the Raleigh paper, and I think your selections reflect your strip's humorously cynical view of race in America. Just my $.02.
Looking forward to seeing John Edwards again soon.
The three men between John Brown and A. Phillip Randolph are Michael Schwerner, James Chany and Andrew Goodman. They were Civil Rights workers killed on June 21, 1964 in Mississippi. Awesome poster!
On second thought, I'm not going to post my list of the attendees. The prospect of people researching it on their own and arriving at different interpretations is compelling to me. It seems no matter how certain people are about the identities, people e-mailing me tend to see their own personal favorites in the crowd, even if I didn't include them.
That's fascinating.
Bleudiable,
The woman whose illustration is beside Jessie Jackson might be Harriet Beecher Stowe. We'll see.
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Beautiful. I couldn't help noticing, though, that women are underrepresented. Shirley Chisholm? Maya Angelou? Rosa Parks? Angela Davis?
I'm somewhat conservative but like his poster a lot. Our struggle is the same. Some take a different road. The collective struggle and battles of all these folks whether Booker T. , Condi (if it is indeed her- looks like her to me), or Malcolm or Jesse all were part of making Obama #44. Nice poster. Looking to purchase for my home office.
I believe those who believe Condi Rice is pictured have been mistaken. This is really Michelle Obama; I have done double takes on pictures of her that could be mistaken for being of Rice.
For the three unidentified at the top center, I believe these would be the three civil right workers killed by the KKK and buried in an earthen dam. They made the ultimate sacrifice trying to get African Americans registered to vote. They were James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old white Jewish anthropology student from New York; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old white Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker also from New York.
The pictures of the slaves to the left of Armstrong, Truman and Atucus are from a group picture by James Gibson of "Group of contraband at Foller's House, Cuberland Landing, Va.
May 14th,1862. Found under Black History on Goggle. I knew I had seen the young man next to Atucus before. The only one I have yet to find is the man behind/between J. Jackson and Stowe. That too is possibly an old "slave" or post war photo yet to be found.
Thanks for the history in time for "Black History" month and the imagery of our lives
I won’t debate that with you, but this poster isn’t abut who would’ve supported Obama. For instance, I think it’s likely Abraham Lincoln would’ve been offended by the thought that a black man would be leading the country. Lincoln was a product of his times who believed blacks were innately inferior. Malcolm X was a product of his times who believed that blacks who didn’t agree with him were house slaves. Both were relics, in a sense, but both contributed in vastly different ways to the empowerment of black Americans. This cartoon isn’t about the opinions and ideologies of the people represented; it’s about recognizing the people whose sacrifices and actions made this moment possible. How they would've felt about Obama's policies isn't relevant to me.
The appearance of Malcolm X in this poster is quite laughable. If Malcolm X were alive today, he would be pretty disgusted by Obama's support for wars against Muslim people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Malcolm X had a word for people like Obama: "house slave."
Darrin,
I saw you withdrew your "official" list of attendees, and I agree that no list is better. I teach middle school and would like to see how many of the figures my students could name. I admit that Google Images helped me with many of the pictures, but you had to know hair/clothing styles to get on the right track.
It was interesting that you included Eisenhower but no Kennedys and one writer, one athlete, and one musician, and probably not the ones that most of us would have chosen. I have liked the edginess of "Candorville" since we started getting it in the Raleigh paper, and I think your selections reflect your strip's humorously cynical view of race in America. Just my $.02.
Looking forward to seeing John Edwards again soon.
The three men between John Brown and A. Phillip Randolph are Michael Schwerner, James Chany and Andrew Goodman. They were Civil Rights workers killed on June 21, 1964 in Mississippi. Awesome poster!
On second thought, I'm not going to post my list of the attendees. The prospect of people researching it on their own and arriving at different interpretations is compelling to me. It seems no matter how certain people are about the identities, people e-mailing me tend to see their own personal favorites in the crowd, even if I didn't include them.
That's fascinating.
Bleudiable,
The woman whose illustration is beside Jessie Jackson might be Harriet Beecher Stowe. We'll see.
Mr. Bell,
Great collage.