--- title: Roadblock...Or Repair Work Ahead? url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/roadblock-or-repair-work-ahead-1958/ description: A wooden barricade on a road, labelled '2 1/2-Year Suspension Order' with a lantern in front of it, stands below a sign reading 'To Integration in Little section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Roadblock...Or Repair Work Ahead? [![Roadblock...Or Repair Work Ahead?, 1958 US cartoon: A wooden barricade on a road, labelled '2 1/2-Year Suspension Order'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/roadblock-or-repair-work-ahead-1958.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/roadblock-or-repair-work-ahead-1958.jpg) # Roadblock...Or Repair Work Ahead? A wooden barricade on a road, labelled '2 1/2-Year Suspension Order' with a lantern in front of it, stands below a sign reading 'To Integration in Little Rock'. The cartoon asks, through its title, whether the order is a block or a pause for repair. ## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon [Euphemism / doublespeak](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/euphemism/) ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` To INTEGRATION IN LITTLE ROCK 2 1/2 -YEAR SUSPENSION ORDER JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR ``` [← I'll be glad to move over, Sherm](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ill-be-glad-to-move-over-sherm-1958/) [Epikaira Eikonografimena poster, July 1958 (Greek pictorial poster distributed in Greece) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/epikaira-eikonografimena-july-greek-1958/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [詔書 (Imperial Rescript on the Annexation of Korea), Korean translation, Official Gazette of the Government-General of Korea no. 1, p. 17](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/annexation-rescript-korea-gazette-1910/) (Empire of Japan · Aug 29, 1910 · Glittering generalities, Euphemism / doublespeak). Content note: Official Japanese imperial text on the 1910 annexation of Korea, printed in Korean translation; shown as issued. - [Suomen Kansalle! (To the Finnish People!): German commander von der Goltz says German troops come as friends](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/german-goltz-suomen-kansalle-1918/) (German Empire · Mar 1918 · Glittering generalities, Euphemism / doublespeak) - [Deutsche Zeitung, Nr. 120, morning edition, front page (Berlin, 13 March 1920): "Ein angeblicher Militärputsch" (An alleged military putsch)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/deutsche-zeitung-angeblicher-militaerputsch-1920/) (Weimar Germany · Mar 13, 1920 · Euphemism / doublespeak). Content note: Front page carrying a column headed 'Sozialdemokratie und Judentum' (Social Democracy and Jewry) beside the lead on the Kapp putsch. - ["Sous le soleil équatorial" (Le Petit Journal illustré, 6 July 1924)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/petit-journal-congo-ocean-railway-1924/) (France · Jul 6, 1924 · Euphemism / doublespeak, Glittering generalities) - [Signs of Spring](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-signs-of-spring-1928/) (United States · Mar 11, 1928 · Euphemism / doublespeak) - [Human Sterilization Today](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/human-sterilization-today-1938/) (United States · 1938 · Euphemism / doublespeak, Glittering generalities, Transfer). Content note: Pro-sterilisation pamphlet using "insane and feebleminded" for patients, with a disparaging remark about Catholics. - [This Is France Overseas, One of the United Nations](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/france-this-is-france-overseas-one-of-the-united-nations-1939/) (France · 1939 · Card stacking, Euphemism / doublespeak) - [This Is the Netherlands East Indies, One of the United Nations](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/netherlands-this-is-the-netherlands-east-indies-one-of-the-united-nations-1939/) (Netherlands · 1939 · Card stacking, Euphemism / doublespeak)