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Political Cartoon: Thomas Jefferson passes his quill to Black Lives Matter

Daily takes from Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson.

From Jefferson to Black Lives Matter.
From Jefferson to Black Lives Matter.Read moreSigne Wilkinson

Today’s Black Lives Matter revolutionaries are the spiritual descendants of the revolutionaries who wrote the Declaration of Independence (”all men are created equal”) and later the Constitution (“in order to form a more perfect union, establish Justice,” etc.). Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration’s original author, is known to have fathered at least six children by Sally Hemings, one of the people he enslaved. Perhaps today he would understand the BLM goal of true, tangible equality in their life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Editorial cartoons from this week include:

  1. Philadelphia’s budgetary wishing well

  2. Counting the votes for abortion rights

  3. A statue to our Covid-bungler-in-chief

  4. For more editorial cartoons, visit inquirer.com/opinion/cartoons/.

    Signe Wilkinson
    Signe Wilkinson has been drawing editorial cartoons for the Philadelphia Daily News since 1985. She is grateful to all the politicians who have done so much for her trade.