Luther King, Martin, 1929-1964

Date: 2014

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0030431

Description: Depicts Martin Luther King delivering his 1963 "I have a dream" speech. Includes some of the original speech together with an imagined excerpt from 2014, in which King hopes that one day black Americans will be able to walk on the street wearing a hooded top without being shot by police. Refers to the controversial shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and 25 Nov 2014 announcement that the policeman responsible would not be charged. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 11 September 2023

From: Slane, Christopher, 1957-: Digital cartoons published in the Listener, New Zealand Herald, or New Zealand Farmers' Weekly

By: Slane, Christopher, 1957-; Listener (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0042709

Description: Digital cartoon by Chris Slane on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Description from cartoonist reads: "Cartoon depicts Act party leader David Seymour viewing giant statues in the 'Hall Of Fame: World Humanitarians' including Nelson Mandela, Kate Sheppard, Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Tereasa, Martin Luther King (jr), Oscar Schindler etc. "I'll be your leader" proclaims David Seymour. Refers to Seymur's claim that 'If Nelson Mandela was alive today, he would be campaigning for ACT'. https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/350069175/what-would-jesus-do-polls". Description taken from cartoonist's website on 29 November 2023: https://www.slanecartoon.com/-/galleries/political-cartoons/political-cartoons-2023. Title taken from file name. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2011

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0019227

Description: President Obama stands at a podium labelled 'Martin Luther King Memorial' and says 'I'm full of steam!' Context: President Obama was inducting the great civil rights leader and peace activist into America's pantheon of heroes. While racial and economic opportunity were certainly two sides of Dr King's pyramid of social justice, President Obama made only passing references to the third: peace. But wrestling with the radical pacifist message of King's "A Time to Break Silence" would have meant confronting the truth that the man the president was memorializing, if alive, would be marching against him today. A staunch opponent of the war in Vietnam, King called the American government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today" and excoriated the nation's addiction to militarism. (Guardian 20 October 2011) Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DX-025-124

Description: Shows three famous characters, each making the speech for which they are remembered, but each speech being parodied by the use of the word, 'baloney'. The characters are, Moses, who is holding tablets of stone on which are written the ten commandments, Dr Martin Luther King and Sir Winston Churchill. Refers to Don Brash's attempts to sound more authoritative and tough by using the word, 'baloney'. Other Titles - "Anyone who reckons they can break these and get into heaven is talking baloney!" :I have a dream that one day white racists will stop talking baloney!" "Never in the field if human conflict has a dictator like Hitler talked such baloney..." Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 2004

From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DX-005-884

Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).