This is an image of Ward Connerly, the director of the American Civil Rights Institute, during a speech in february of 2008. He is addressing college students in Lincoln, Nebraka. The topic of the speech was initiative 424, a ballot measure aimed at banning affirmative action programs in the state. The image originates from a Newsweek article published May 27, 2008. The article covers Ward Connerly’s efforts to eradicate race and gender based programs from the United States, and predicts what Barack Obama’s opinion is in regards to those efforts. In 2008, Connerly spearheaded five ballot measures in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, all of which proposed statewide bans on affirmative action. The article is using this image to symbolize Connerly’s relentless effort in achieving the passage of those measures. The article remains objective, focusing on Connerly’s initiatives and the future opinion/influence of Obama on the issue of affirmative action. Therefore, the image undoubtedly falls into a journalistic category, its main purpose being to impartially represent the actions of Ward Connerly.

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