Title

No Phoenix

Creator

John Fischetti

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Creation Date

8-18-1975

Description

An editorial cartoon by John R. Fischetti for the Chicago Daily News illustrating a shirtless, African-American male tied with ropes to a spit surrounded by harsh dashes. Above the man reads, "Black despair" and below the man reads, "Watts, ten years later".

This item is part of the John R. Fischetti collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact archives@colum.edu for more information and to view the collection.

Keywords

Watts Riot, Minorities--Civil rights, editorial cartoons, drawings (visual works), pens (drawing and writing), drawing paper

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