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...for the priesthood into his home that marked the establishment of what is today St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. Learning more about the bishop who was so integrally responsible for the founding and expansion of the seminary was especially intriguing as a volunteer here. It is fortunate that Kenrick was so
Thomas Nast Anti-Irish Cartoons
...n illustrated the Draft Riots of July 1863, where Irish Catholics attacked African-Americans throughout New York City. At the top of the drawing Nast wrote that the Irish Catholic is bound to respect “no caste, no sect, no nation, any rights,” highlighting the believed lack of respect the Irish immigrants
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...of various races. Nast is suggesting that while other European, Asian, and African races respect the idea of equal rights for all, the Irish driven by their Catholicism want to poison American liberty. Nast and other contemporary cartoonists often depicted the Irish with ape-like features to showcase the groups’ inferior
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Cartoons highlighted the unfair treatment of African-Americans and served as a call-to-action to confront racism in America. Wolf, “Naughty Boy,” September 20, 1957 Wolf compares segregationists to a misbehaving child that needs to be controlled and corrected by American society. McGovern, “I Raised Him from a Puppy,” March