The Good (pure white) Shepherd / Th. Nast.

Caricature of Rev. Samms of the Meade Memorial Episcopal Church, of Manchester, Va., who, dressed as a shepherd, is dismissing his flock of white sheep from the church because of the black sheep (an African American woman) who is sitting in front pew. Based on actual incident which took place onthe Sunday following the passage of the Civil Rights bill.
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1875 April 3, p. 277.
Ref. copy may be in LOT 4405.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Caption card tracings: African American history; Religion Cartoons; Civil rights; Cartoons, US; Artists, Publ. Ind.; Va. Manchester; BI; African Americans; Religion; Reconstruction, U.S.; Religions Cartoons (1875); Sheep and Shepherds; Shelf.