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ENEMIES OF THE DREAM
Annoyed by the riots and a "by any means necessary" militant African American community, as well as the increase in white-led violence and racism, Herblock commemorated Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929–1968) and his non-violent ideals. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. By showing an African American hand holding a fiery torch and a white hand holding a rifle next to the portrait of King, Herblock asserted that both were enemies of King’s dream.
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Enemies of the Dream, 1968. Published in the Washington Post, April 7, 1968. |