Political Cartoon Imagery and Satire in The Souls of Black Folk by DuBois

On the bottom of p.15 of The Souls of Black Folk, DuBois makes reference to “the long-headed man with care-chiselled [sic] face who sat in the White House.” Here, DuBois avoids referencing President Lincoln by name (which he only does three times throughout the entirety of the text), but instead uses Lincoln’s unique physical characteristics…