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A Global Legacy:
In 1900 there were books about Lincoln published in 16 languages; today this figure exceeds 50.
Lincoln has become synonymous with freedom, Africans utilized Lincoln in their opposition to European colonialism from the mid-1880s to the 1960s, finding in him a symbol of liberty. In the 1950s and '60s, Cuban rebels struggling for freedom invoked his name to rally support. Eastern European countries looked to his democratic example after the fall of Communism in the early 1990s.
This 1950s American editorial cartoon shows the ghostly head of Abraham Lincoln watching as a Soviet soldier covers the face of a man shackled with a ball and chain. Invoking the spirit of Lincoln, the cartoonist speaks to the need to oppose Soviet tyranny during the Cold War. |