Catto Stories
The Election Before and After Political Cartoon
The Fifteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution provided that all male citizens were entitled to vote. In many southern states, the black population was so large and whites...
read moreJump Jim Crow!!
What is Jim Crow? The year before Catto’s birth, “Jim Crow” became a widely accepted pejorative reference to African Americans. It was popularized by the white minstrel performer, Thomas Dartmouth “Daddy” Rice, who performed...
read moreNewspaper Voices in the Black Community
African American newspapers have been important voices for issues impacting the black community. In Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Tribune has been an important vehicle. Among the oldest political cartoons printed in...
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