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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Another Emergency
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.

Another Emergency

Artifact ID1973.1.1676
Object Type Cartoon Drawing
Artist (Spain, 1912 - 1983)
Gifter
Maker ()
Medium Ink and grease pencil on drawing paper
DimensionsOverall H 17 in x W 12 7/8 in (43.2 cm x 32.7 cm )
Physical Description
Physical DescriptionOriginal cartoon drawing. LBJ and Humphrey are soldiers in a helicopter (“to Gulf of Tonkin”) hovering over two rafts ("Civil Rights”, "US Poverty") calling for help. The helicopter keeps going as LBJ and Humphrey gesture with empty hands. Caption: “Another Emergency”.
Historical NoteIn August 1964, US ships were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that allowed President Johnson to take military action. The most ambitious and controversial part of the Great Society was its initiative to end poverty. The Kennedy Administration had been contemplating a federal effort against poverty. Johnson, who, as a teacher, had observed extreme poverty in Texas among Mexican-Americans, launched an "unconditional war on poverty" in the first months of his presidency with the goal of eliminating hunger, illiteracy, and unemployment from American life. The Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s with Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the publicized desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Bloody Sunday and the march from Selma to Montgomery for voting rights took place in March 1965, during Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidential term.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteThe item was a gift from the general public to President Johnson during his term in office. It was received by President Johnson, until the President donated it to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in 1973.
Credit LineGift of Lyndon Baines Johnson
National Archives Catalog CollectionLyndon B. Johnson Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 192413)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from the General Public (National Archives Identifier 189698395)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Fully
Use Restriction NoteCopyright or other proprietary rights are held by individuals or entities other than the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum. The LBJ Presidential Library and Museum does not warrant that the use of materials will not infringe on the rights of third parties holding the rights to these works, or make any representations or warranties with respect to the application or terms of any international agreement, treaty, or protections that may apply. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy any copyright or other use restrictions. Pertinent regulations can be found at 36 C.F.R 1254.62.
Person Referenced Lyndon Baines Johnson (United States, 1908 - 1973)
Person Referenced Hubert H. Humphrey (United States, 1911 - 1978)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place Described
Tonkin, Gulf of
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