That Landslide Win--
Artifact ID1973.288.1
Object Type
Cartoon Print
Artist
Jim Dobbins
Gifter
Jim Dobbins
Medium
Paper
DimensionsOverall H 11 in x W 8 3/4 in (27.9 cm x 22.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionPhysical DescriptionPrint reproduction of cartoon drawing. LBJ looks at an avalanche (“Congo” “Embassy” “Riots” “Civil Rights” “KKK” “Budget Requests” “NATO” “Vietnam” “Buddhists” “China” “De Gaulle” “UN” “$”) burying his desk. A small figure holds up two signs (“It could be worse-” “Someone else could be going in there!”). Caption: “That Landslide Win–”. Artist signature lower right: “Jim Dobbins”.
Historical NoteThe Congo Crisis was a civil war in the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1960 to 1965. During this war, the United States and Soviet Union both got involved. 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. Later that year in August was the Watts Riot in Los Angeles. The summer of 1967 saw many more riots and demonstrations in urban areas. King planned the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968, but was assassinated before it could take place. The campaign, which included the building of the temporary Resurrection City, lasted in May-June 1968 to bring attention to economic injustices. In 1965, the United States budget was smaller than the previous year’s, although it provided funding for defense and the Great Society programs. In 1966, Charles de Gaulle withdrew France from NATO because he believed that NATO advantaged the relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom over France and he wanted France to have its own nuclear power and pursue detente with the Soviet Union. In August 1964, US ships were seemingly attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that allowed President Johnson to take military action. In February 1965, Johnson authorized Operation Rolling Thunder to bomb North Vietnam. Over 1965, President Johnson escalated the conflict to a full-scale war and over 1967, there were 500,000 American troops in Vietnam. US officials continued to refuse to recognize the People’s Republic of China in favor of Taiwan and did not allow the PRC on the UN Security Council. The US government also ensured that it would not want a war with China, but remained steadfast in its position on Vietnam. During the 1960s, China supported revolutionary groups around the world against colonial and conservative governments. This made the United States government nervous about Domino Theory. China also detonated its first atomic bomb in 1964.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 B Johnson Presidential Library 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
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Person Referenced
Lyndon Baines Johnson
(American, 1908 - 1973)
In Collection(s)
Not on view
Place of Publication