"Democracy in Action, No. III"
Artist
Charles Alston
(American, 1907-1977)
CultureAmerican
Date1943
MediumPrint
Dimensionsimage: 5 15/16 x 6 in. (15.1 x 15.2 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineTransferred from Southern Historical Collection, Louis Round Wilson Library, Charles Henry Alston Papers
Object number2009.18.30
DescriptionOne of thirty-two military cartoons depicting military propaganda and staff of WWII (Image depicts the giant ghost-like form of Frederick Douglas shaking hands with the giant ghost-like forms of G.W. Carver and Booker T. Washington, all while standing in the ocean. Alternatively, the figure scene and the landscape scene are superimposed over each other)On View
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