URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/42121
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Mount Caucasus.
Item Title Mount Caucasus.
Collection Title Poster collection
Artist Jackson, B. M.
Date Created 1968?
Description Metaphorical drawing of a black man (Dr. Martin Luther King) as Prometheus (chained to Mt. Caucasus and holding a torch). George Wallace, dressed as a buzzard, holds a fire hose; Lester Maddox is sitting inside the fire hydrant; Robert Kennedy is shown as a Janus-figure (two-faced).
Subject(s) Social conditions Caricatures and cartoons Portraits, caricatures, etc. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 African Americans Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 Civil rights Maddox, Lester, 1915- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 United States Race discrimination
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 8063
Record Number XX343.32497
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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