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Jun 16, 2022 · 8 cartoons that shaped our view of Watergate — and still resonate today. Herblock, Garry Trudeau, Patrick Oliphant, Paul Conrad and other artists who skewered Nixon and his inner circle made the ...
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In his cartoons and book Herblock Special Report (1974), Herb Block traces the political rise and fall of Richard M. Nixon. His account begins in the 1940s and 1950s, when Nixon used “dirty tricks” in his run for congressional office, followed by his 1954 “anti-communist” campaign that damaged the careers of reputable senators, his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, and his ...
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Apr 17, 2017 · Nixon in Political Cartoons. This collection includes nine political cartoons about Richard Nixon's presidency and the Watergate scandal, as well as a cartoon analysis worksheet from the National Archives and Record Administration and a link to more cartoons about Nixon at the Library of Congress. Teachers may use this collection in many ways ...
As Richard M. Nixon began his second term as president in 1973, negative reaction to the Vietnam War and testimony about Watergate eroded the support from his overwhelming election victory. As the Paris Peace Accords progressed but ultimately failed, Herblock expressed his horror at bombing Vietnamese civilians.
Despite Attorney General Richard Kleindienst’s promise to thoroughly investigate the break-in at the Democratic Party’s headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., Herblock blamed both Kleindienst and President Nixon for covering up the scandal. Just days after Nixon was nominated by the Republican Party in Miami Beach, Florida ...
Introduction. Herbert Lawrence Block, who signed his cartoons as Herblock, was an editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post from the mid-1940s until his death in 2001. Although Block had always been critical of President Richard Nixon, he found new material during the Watergate controversy with which to satirize the president.
Sep 24, 2022 · Herblock Gallery at the Library of Congress. Herblock Looks at 1973: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons, Part II. As Richard M. Nixon began his second term as president in 1973, negative reaction to the Vietnam War and testimony about Watergate eroded the support from his overwhelming election victory.
