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Title
First
dance
with
Lyndon
,
circa
1964
Personal name
Johnson
,
Lyndon
B
.
(Lyndon
Baines)
,
1908-1973--Caricatures
and
cartoons
Corporate name
Nashville Banner
Democratic Party (U.S.)--Caricatures and cartoons
States' Rights Democratic Party--Caricatures and cartoons
Topical entry
Capital City
Politics
Civil Rights
Political cartoons--United States--20th century
Political cartoons--Tennessee--Nashville
Caricatures and cartoons--Tennessee--Nashville
Cartoonists--Tennessee--Nashville
Editorial cartoonists--Tennessee--Nashville
Presidents--Election--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
African Americans--Civil rights
Cartoonists
Politics & government--United States--Washington, D.C.
Economic & social conditions--United States--Washington, D.C.
Economic & political systems
Presidents--United States
Geographic entry
Southern States--Politics and government--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
United States--Politics and government--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
United States--Race relations--History--20th century--Caricatures and cartoons
Description
An
original
political
cartoon
drawing
created
by
Jack
Knox
, the
Nashville
Banner
editorial
cartoonist
from the
mid-1940s
to
early
1970s
. This
caricature
depicts
President
Lyndon
Baines
Johnson
with a "
Civil
Rights
Hop
Program
Dance
"
card
in his
pocket
as he
awkwardly
dances
with a
reluctant
woman
("Dixie
Dems")
.
Historically
, a
dissenting
group
of
Southern
Democrats
known
as
Dixiecrats
split
from the
party
in
1948
to
form
the
States
'
Rights
Party
. In the
1960s
,
during
the
years
of
segregation
politics
,
many
of the
party
members
went
Republican
all
through
the
South
when
Lyndon
Johnson
supported
the
Civil
Rights
Voting
Act
bills
and
other
progressive
programs
.
Forms
part
of the
Jack
Knox
Political
Cartoon
Collection
.
1
original
cartoon
drawing
:
b
&
w
;
14.25
x
19
in.
Creator
Knox
,
Jack
,
1910-
(Cartoonist)
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Knox
,
Joseph
T
.
(Donor)
Date
ca.
1964
Type
Still
Image
;
Caricatures
;
Cartoons
(Commentary)
;
Editorial
cartoons
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Knox NPL-318
Language
English
Relation
Jack
Knox
Political
Cartoon
Collection
Coverage
1960-1969
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
Closed Stacks-Knox NPL-318
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