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[(The big lie about busing)] – Vintage Print

[(The big lie about busing)], 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 30.5 x 30.7 cm. — historic print
[(The big lie about busing)], 1 painting : oil on canvas ; 30.5 x 30.7 cm.. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 rare historic print captures [(The big lie about busing)] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The most distinctive thing about this oil-on-canvas cover is its target: Richard Nixon, rendered as the central figure in a painting made for the September 1972 issue of Encore magazine, where it ran over the headline "What They Never Tell You About Busing." The article argued that Nixon's opposition to busing had made a long-standing American practice into a far more volatile political issue than it needed to be, and that busing only became controversial once it was used as a tool for school desegregation. Painted in 1972, the year Nixon sought reelection, the piece reflects how sharply the busing debate had divided parents, courts and politicians during the early 1970s.

Created / published1 painting : oil on canvas ; 30.5 x 30.7 cm.
Genrepublished in the September 1972 issue of Encore magazine. The article asserts that Nixon's anti-busing policy has made the issue unnecessarily volatile and that busing, a long-standing American institution, is not the great evil some contend. It further states that it only became a point of controversy when it was used as a method of desegregation. Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress). Published as cover of: What They Never Tell You About Busing." Encore
Notes1972 Sept. [publication date]
SubjectsNixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous),--1913-1994. African Americans--Education--1970-1980. Busing (School integration)--1970-1980.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,413 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166154

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