Luther. And he started non-violent demonstrations! – Antique Print
![Luther. And he started non-violent demonstrations!, 1969 June 12 [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8f/8fdcc91b07ce-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic drawing of Luther. And he started non-violent demonstrations! brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Luther. And he started non-violent demonstrations!
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The caption, "Luther. And he started non-violent demonstrations!", names the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed in April 1968, so this drawing looks back on his work about a year later. Brumsic Brandon Jr. made it as a fourth panel in a comic series, signed in the frame, and gave it to the Library of Congress. Its porous point pen linework and tonal film overlay over pencil were common methods for newspaper and magazine comics of the late 1960s, when artists used adhesive screens to add gray shading that printed cleanly. The drawing shows how comics of that period tried to explain the civil rights movement to young readers.
| Created / published | 1969 June 12 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : porous point pen and tonal film overlay over pencil. |
| Genre | Comics 1960-1970.Drawings 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Signed fourth panel: Brumsic Brandon Jr. Stamped right margin: received May 23 1969. Gift; Brumsic Brandon, Jr.; (DLC/PP-1995:167.19). |
| Subjects | King, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968. African Americans--Children--1960-1970. Demonstrations--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,558 × 4,499 px · prints to 19 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226172 |
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