Thursday, February 26, 2009


O.K, this is going to be difficult. Not technically, but philosphically. Prelim. drawings for my next two Scoundrel engravings. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett, and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus. Barnett personally went to Ole Miss to block James Meredith from attending college. Let's imagine Tim Kaine, or Jim Gilmore, (Okay, maybe Gilmore) going to Longwood to prevent a  gay student from enrolling?!!! There is not much that I have found yet to redeem Barnett, so he may not meet my Scoundrel code of having been accomplished as well as being a jerk. Faubus, who wanted to prevent nine black students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock, seems to have had some redeeming qualities, as did  Governor Almond in Virginia. Don't get me wrong, redeeming is a relative term—their actions were appalling. But there seems to be some humanity vs. Barnett. Listen to tapes of Barnett crab walking around JFK when the president called to find out what was going on in Mississippi. He is straight out of central casting for a 50s southern racist.

1 comment:

Robbhimself said...

I like the scoundrel series