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Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock, was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.
Block likely in the 1950s
Herbert Block in 1929 Lake Forest College yearbook
Herblock coined the term "McCarthyism" in this March 29, 1950, cartoon.
"SPORTSMEN! KIDS! MANIACS!" Cartoon about gun ownership by Herblock
McCarthyism
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McCarthyism is a political practice defined by the accusation and investigation of left-wing individuals of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the Unite
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…communism. In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was a recurring target of Herblock's cartoons, one of which (March 29, 1950) introduced the term McCarthyism. The Washington Post officially endorsed Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. Because Herblock supported Adlai Stevenson, the Post pulled his…
Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954
Executive Order 9835, signed by President Truman in 1947
Transcript of the US Department of the Interior Security Hearing Board proceedings against geologist Ruth A. M. Schmidt, suspected of communist sympathies due to her membership in the Washington Bookshop.
J. Edgar Hoover c. 1953