frederick douglass

Commemorating Juneteenth

Jun
12
2025
Brown imagines Juneteenth observed through reading the history of slavery.
Jonathan Brown, PoliticalCartoons.com
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A young Black boy asks a white girl what she is doing for Juneteenth in Brown\'s 2025 piece. She answers catching up on some reading while sitting atop a stack including the Frederick Douglass narrative, Beloved, 12 Years a Slave, and Kindred. An optimistic depiction of cross-racial education as Juneteenth observance.

Juneteenth End of Slavery Holiday

Jun
19
2022
Frederick Douglass: Abolish Slavery Without Altering the Constitution
JUNETEENTH END OF SLAVERY HOLIDAY by J.D. Crowe, politicalcartoons.com
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Frederick Douglass stares from Crowe's portrait alongside his declaration that slavery could be abolished without altering a sentence or syllable of the Constitution. The word Juneteenth grounds the piece in the holiday meaning. The image argues emancipation was always constitutionally achievable.

Juneteenth End of Slavery Holiday

Jun
19
2022
Juneteenth End of Slavery Holiday
JUNETEENTH END OF SLAVERY HOLIDAY by J.D. Crowe, politicalcartoons.com
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Constitution Guardians

Jan
12
2022
Constitution Guardians
CONSTITUTION GUARDIANS by Taylor Jones, politicalcartoons.com
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Game Day At The White House

Feb
5
2017
Game Day At The White House
GAME DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE by Frank Hansen, politicalcartoons.com
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Strong Children, Frederick Douglass

Feb
20
2009
Strong Children, Frederick Douglass
STRONG CHILDREN, FREDERICK DOUGLASS by J.D. Crowe, politicalcartoons.com
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