Comments on: The End Is Nigh… http://www.cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/ The Blog of Cathleen Schine Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Matson http://www.cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-599 Elizabeth Matson Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:11:12 +0000 http://cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/#comment-599 Do you know Garth Williams' "The Rabbit's Wedding"? A black and a white rabbit wed charmingly, and spark interracial controversy for children of the late fifties? He wrote and illustrated it. From Wickipedia: Jonathon Green, in The Encyclopedia of Censorship (Facts on File, 1990) [1], wrote: The Rabbit's Wedding, by Garth Williams, was transferred from the open shelves to the reserved shelves at the Montgomery (Alabama) Public Library in 1959 because an illustration shows a black buck rabbit with a white doe rabbit. Such miscegenation, stated an editor in Orlando, was "brainwashing . . . as soon as you pick up the book and open its pages you realize these rabbits are integrated." The Montgomery Home News added that the book was integrationist propaganda obviously aimed at children in their formative years. Sarah should take time out to read it to her ever expanding brood and leave us alone. Do you know Garth Williams’ “The Rabbit’s Wedding”? A black and a white rabbit wed charmingly, and spark interracial controversy for children of the late fifties? He wrote and illustrated it.

From Wickipedia:
Jonathon Green, in The Encyclopedia of Censorship (Facts on File, 1990) [1], wrote:

The Rabbit’s Wedding, by Garth Williams, was transferred from the open shelves to the reserved shelves at the Montgomery (Alabama) Public Library in 1959 because an illustration shows a black buck rabbit with a white doe rabbit. Such miscegenation, stated an editor in Orlando, was “brainwashing . . . as soon as you pick up the book and open its pages you realize these rabbits are integrated.” The Montgomery Home News added that the book was integrationist propaganda obviously aimed at children in their formative years.

Sarah should take time out to read it to her ever expanding brood and leave us alone.

]]> By: Janet Meyers http://www.cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Janet Meyers Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:16:24 +0000 http://cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/#comment-558 Oh, and Sara Palin is a like some terrible nightmare on a carnival scare ride, coming out of the darkness with a big fake smile and a bobble head. Oh, and Sara Palin is a like some terrible nightmare on a carnival scare ride, coming out of the darkness with a big fake smile and a bobble head.

]]> By: Janet Meyers http://www.cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/comment-page-1/#comment-557 Janet Meyers Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:11:31 +0000 http://cathleenschine.com/2008/09/06/the_end_is_nigh/#comment-557 Garth WIlliams is/was wonderful! My conception of Stuart Little was entirely formed by his brilliant illustrations. jane t. Garth WIlliams is/was wonderful! My conception of Stuart Little was entirely formed by his brilliant illustrations. jane t.

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