Content note: A cartoon of a man with a noose around his neck swinging from a tree branch on a rope, as published; the drawing uses lynching imagery as a metaphor and is titled Lynching Bee. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Lynching Bee
A sweating, grim-faced man in shirtsleeves with a noose around his neck swings on a rope from a tree branch, stars flying around his head. The man is not labelled; the cartoon uses the imagery of a lynching as a metaphor for a political attack, and the technique tag name-calling is a weak fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- December 9, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- 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, 5743193 (NAID 5743193).
Text on the object
3 cols - Thurs: Dec- 9th LYNCHING BEE JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR..... DEC 9 1954
