Blackballed...Again!
A caricatured figure labelled 'MAO' on his fallen cap is knocked off his feet outside a United Nations entrance by a black ball marked '57-41'. The cartoon argues that a vote of 57 to 41 has again refused him entry, using a blackball image (a rejecting vote) and a personal caricature.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- October 23, 1963
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Kennedy Administration
- Leader
- John F. Kennedy
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, Empire and colonialism
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743303 (NAID 5743303).
Text on the object
UN ENTRANCE 57-41 MAO JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
