Politcal Cartoons

White American business owners had longer restricted entrance to their businesses; Blacks were forbidden entrance and service in all-White restaurants. Although, sit-ins had resisted this institutionalized practice the challenged remained unsuccessful until the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President JFK, worried about Americas international image, was assured by Southern Governments that their states would extend welcome, nondiscriminatory treatment toward Black foreign diplomats.  Thus, Black non-Americans were treated better than Black-American citizens. After specifying that they were not american's but were representatives of a foreign country, Black emissaries were given preferential treatment, receiving service at all White restaurants. Although, despite the 14th amendment, African-Americans were given unequal treatment, other non-Americans blacks were treated equally relative to White Americans. 

This was published June 6th 1965, two years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, when gun control was being debated in response to the assassination and the NRA was opposing legislation that would decrease gun sales saying that they were doing so to protect the rights of hunters. Thus the opinion  that government regulation of firearms is needed and that NRA's pro-gun argument is wrong is relevant and most would be inclined to agree with Herblock the maker of this cartoon. People originally read this in the Washington Post. It addresses the debate of government firearm control and struggles between anti-gun people and the NRA. It would help to know that John F. Kennedy was not the first president to be assassinated.