The Leader of the Mob: "Lynch Her! Lynch Her!" [editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare]
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Title
The Leader of the Mob: "Lynch Her! Lynch Her!" [editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare]
Description
Editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare originally published in the New York Sun. Republished here in Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1913), p. 15.
Coleman Livingston Blease was governor of South Carolina from 1911 - 1915. He was notorious for being pro-lynching and against education for African Americans. Blease was a protégé of white supremacist Benjamin Ryan Tillman.
A figure of Blind Justice stands alone as Governor Blease of South Carolina leads an angry mob to attack her. The mob carries pitchforks, sticks, and stones. Blease holds a rope as he looks back to urge them on.
Caption: "The Leader of the Mob: 'Lynch Her! Lynch Her!'"
Coleman Livingston Blease was governor of South Carolina from 1911 - 1915. He was notorious for being pro-lynching and against education for African Americans. Blease was a protégé of white supremacist Benjamin Ryan Tillman.
A figure of Blind Justice stands alone as Governor Blease of South Carolina leads an angry mob to attack her. The mob carries pitchforks, sticks, and stones. Blease holds a rope as he looks back to urge them on.
Caption: "The Leader of the Mob: 'Lynch Her! Lynch Her!'"
Creator
Cesare, Oscar Edward
Source
Cartoons Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1913), p. 15. Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1913 January
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Notes
Learn more:
Lynching, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation, Social Welfare History Project
Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Stanley-Becker, I. (2019) Who’s behind the law making immigration a crime? This ‘unrepentant white supremacist.' The Washington Post (June 27, 2019).
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Lynching, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Jim Crow Laws and Racial Segregation, Social Welfare History Project
Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Stanley-Becker, I. (2019) Who’s behind the law making immigration a crime? This ‘unrepentant white supremacist.' The Washington Post (June 27, 2019).
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Citation
Cesare, Oscar Edward, “The Leader of the Mob: "Lynch Her! Lynch Her!" [editorial cartoon by Oscar Cesare],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed October 8, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/392.