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| Creator: | Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912- |
| Title: | Dark Laughter. "My Daddy said they didn't seem to mind servin' him on the Anzio beach head..." |
| Date: | 1960 May 2 |
| 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. 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. |
| Types: | Political cartoons |
| Subjects: | 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 | Pittsburgh (Pa.) | Allegheny County (Pa.) |
| Collection: | African American Odyssey |
| Institution: | Library of Congress |
| Contributors: | Library of Congress. Prints and Photographs Division | African-American Odyssey Collection (Library of Congress) |
| Online Publisher: | Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress |
| Original Material: | Prints and Photographs Division. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Related Materials: | Exhibited: African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, Library of Congress, 1998. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/odyssey/archive/09/0928001r.jpg |
