You Mean You'd Rather be Right Than President?
3/14/1948
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This political cartoon focuses on civil rights and the 1948 election. It depicts "Miss Democracy" saying "You Mean You'd Rather be Right Than President?" President Harry S. Truman is standing on a rug labeled "Civil Rights" and is saying "I Stand Pat!'
The cartoon was drawn by Clifford Berryman, one of Washington, DC's best-known cartoonists in the early to mid-1900s. Berryman drew for the
Washington Post and
Evening Star newspapers. His cartoons touched on a variety of subjects including politics, elections, and both World Wars. This one is inscribed: "To the President with Cordial and Hearty Good Wishes. C.K. Berryman Washington Star March 14, 1948."
This document was identified by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2016 Summer Workshop at the Truman Library.
This primary source comes from the Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection.
Full Citation: Cartoon 60-336; You Mean You'd Rather be Right Than President?; 3/14/1948; Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman, 1957 - 2004; Collection HST-AVC: Audiovisual Collection; Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/rather-be-right-president, March 28, 2024]