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MOST LAW-ABIDING STATE IN THE NATION
African Americans testified before the United States Civil Rights Commission in Jackson, Mississippi, about the violence and torture that prevented them from exercising their right to vote. Governor Paul Johnson (1916–1985) contributed his own testimony, assuring the federal officials that he intended to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964. By portraying a policeman and a Klansman in cahoots, hands on the holsters of their weapons, Herblock expressed his negative opinion of Johnson and his skepticism about the enforcement of the law.
“I Wish to Assure All Americans that Mississippi Will Continue to be the Most Law-Abiding State in the Nation”—Gov. Paul Johnson, 1965. Published in the Washington Post, February 18, 1965. |