Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist
A biographical panel shows a large pencil portrait of Dr. E. Franklin Frazier with three small scenes: a visitor speaking to a mother and children at a doorway, a lecturer at a blackboard, and a man at a cluttered desk. Captions describe his writing on the Negro family, his early teaching career and his posts. The tell is testimonial by exemplar: a named scholar's standing is offered as a credit to the group depicted, with the claims given without sources.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; artist Charles Alston)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Race and ethnicity, Science and technology, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, RG 208, Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-191 (NAID 535674).
Text on the object
Dr. E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER SOCIOLOGIST RECOGNIZED AUTHORITY ON THE NEGRO FAMILY, HIS SOCIOLOGICAL WRITINGS HAVE CREATED A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF NEGROES, BOTH IN THIS COUNTRY, AND IN SOUTH AMERICA. DR. FRAZIER'S NATURAL CURIOSITY ABOUT PEOPLE AND THEIR PROBLEMS LED HIM INTO THE FIELD OF SOCIOLOGY.—HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS, HISTORY, AND ENGLISH! AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY, PRESIDENT OF THE D.C. CHAPTER, AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, RESIDENT FELLOW, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, DR. FRAZIER IS A VERY BUSY MAN! Alston OWI
