A robed figure labeled racism holds a newspaper headlined about the erasure of Tennessee's majority-Black congressional district. The cartoon responds to the state's new map that eliminates the 9th district. The stamp affirms the change as real. The image ties the redistricting directly to racial motivations in voting maps.
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.
DeSantis stands in front of a Florida government building gesturing toward enslaved workers while his speech bubble lists benefits from a Florida curriculum standard: all expenses paid trip from Africa, learn skills, get room and board. A blackboard sign reads History of Slavery 101.
