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243:, ignored the law and taught his students evolution. Scopes decided that the students should learn evolution, even if it went against the teachings of the bible. Since the trial was popular and a nationwide topic, Mencken took a staff from The Sun, including Duffy, to cover the trial. “ graphic artwork played a significant role in the public’s perception of the trial proceedings reported in the pages of The Sun, then one of America’s most influential newspapers”. His cartoons brought more attention to the issue, as he derided Tennessee for crushing knowledge in one of his more notable cartoons from the trial called ‘A Closed Book in Tennessee.’ In this cartoon, Duffy shows a man, representing Tennessee, holding a sign that says “Fundamentalists Only Wanted as Teachers.” The man is standing on top of the book of knowledge, holding it shut. Duffy knew that this powerful cartoon would cause a great response, but that is exactly what Mencken wanted and expected from him. Many more of his cartoons from the trial held the same message, in which he was publicly shaming Tennessee for the law, the trial, and the verdict. Mencken once said that with a good cartoonist he would not need a whole editorial staff, and a great cartoonist he found in Duffy. 140: 270: 282: 223:
nothing back He was one of the few people of his time that would boldly approach the topic of racism. He blatantly condemned lynching and the actions of the KKK. This was one of his main issues that he approached during his career. During the time period that Duffy worked it was not popular to advocate against racism, so Duffy was civil rights before it was a wide movement in the United States. S.L. Harrison, a late professor of Communication at the University of Miami, wrote that Duffy “displayed uncommon vigor in attacking the Ku Klux Klan”.
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Duffy was known for his daring nature in relation to his work. H.L. Mencken saw promise in his work and “Duffy with his sometimes savage artwork, did the kind of thing that delighted Mencken, who loved nothing more than to ‘stir up the animals’”. Duffy was not afraid to please Mencken, and held
260:“The 'Outstretched Hand'” (1940) In this cartoon, Duffy's topic is Adolf Hitler and his brutality. By the time the cartoon was drawn, Germany had already invaded Poland, and Duffy shows Hitler's broken promises and peace offerings. Hitler's hand drips with blood in the image. 254:“An Old Struggle Still Going On” (1931) This cartoon references the anti-communism era that began in the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, communism was seen as being anti-religion, which is what Duffy conveys in the cartoon. 322:
Fischer, Heinz Dietrich, and Erika J. Fischer. Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000: Journalists, Writers and Composers on Their Ways to the Coveted Awards. Walter de Gruyter,
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Over Edmund Duffy's career, he won three Pulitzer Prizes, which is a lot compared to other recipients over the years. His three prize winning cartoons are the following:
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in 1931, 1934, and 1940. Duffy began working for the Baltimore Sun in 1924, when he was only about 25 years old, and he received high praise from the famous journalist
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in the Sunday section. Duffy worked on a variety of assignments in order to save up money, then launching his European career. He moved to London and worked for the
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Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich. Political Caricatures on Global Issues: Pulitzer Prize Winning Editorial Cartoons. LIT Verlag Münster, 2012.
170:. Duffy worked in Paris for a few years, and he finally returned to the United States in 1922. He worked for two years with both the 269: 384:“A Month of Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoons - Day 18.” Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources. Accessed September 7, 2014. 707: 456: 281: 124: 85: 405: 293: 369: 717: 111: 404:“Edmund Duffy’s Pointed Cartoons Earned Him Prizes and Invective.” Baltimore Sun. Accessed September 7, 2014. 342:
Harrison, S.L. (1994). "The Scopes "Monkey Trial" Revisited: Mencken and the Editorial Art of Edmund Duffy".
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Duffy first came into the journalism field with his submission of a page of sketches for
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n. Duffy worked there until 1948, in order to work a less tiring job, working for the
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The longest period of his career began in 1924 when he began working for
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a lithograph from ca. 1931, depicts the lynching of Matthew Williams.
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Manhattan
Cartoonist
The Baltimore Sun
Saturday Evening Post
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Anne Elizabeth Rector
Jersey City, New Jersey
Art Students League of New York
The Baltimore Sun
Pulitzer Prizes for Editorial Cartooning
H.L. Mencken

Coney Island
Armistice Day
New York Tribune
London Evening News
New York Leader
Brooklyn Eagle
Saturday Evening Post
Ku Klux Klan
Scopes Trial

Butler Act
John T. Scopes
"An Old Struggle Still Going On"
"California Points With Pride!"
"The 'Outstretched Hand'"


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