Cartoon shows graduation event with podium, banner, speaker in robe, graduates in caps and gowns, and several audience members standing inside wooden barrels on grass in front of campus buildings with tower and trees under sun.
On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder. The ruling ended federal preclearance requirements for certain states with histories of discrimination. The cartoon shows a figure representing the South emerging from baptismal waters proclaiming racism washed away. Other figures appear in the background, some in suits and some in white robes. The image uses religious imagery to comment on the decision's implications for civil rights enforcement.
