Jim Crow Laws Cartoon

Political cartoon from Puck lampooning Jim Crow Laws; 1913. The caption reads, “On the Trail of Corruption. Ex-Senator Dorsey—’For the Sunny South. An Airship with a Jim Crow Trailer.'”

drawing of white people riding a biplane towing blimp carrying group of African American people

Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

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Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

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Government and Politics / Political Issues and Controversies

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Thing

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