- Collection:
- African American Odyssey
- Title:
- Dark Laughter. "My Daddy said they didn't seem to mind servin' him on the Anzio beach head..."
- Creator:
- Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912-
- Date of Original:
- 1960-05-02
- Subject:
- Civil rights--United States
African Americans--Civil rights
Social justice--United States
Race discrimination--United States
Discrimination in restaurants--United States
African American boys
Inn signs--United States
Anzio Beachhead, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--African American participation - Location:
- United States, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, 40.44062, -79.99589
- Medium:
- political cartoons
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This cartoon, which was published in the Pittsburgh Courier, an African American newspaper, shows two young African American boys standing outside a restaurant that is displaying a sign indicating that non-whites are not welcome. The caption illustrates the social injustices faced by African Americans after returning from war.
Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://crdl.usg.edu/id:loc_afamodyssey_0928001r
- Digital Object URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0928001r.jpg
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
Dark Laughter. "My Daddy said they didn't seem to mind servin' him on the Anzio beach head..."
