February 14, 1912 Oliver Wendell “Ollie” Harrington, cartoonist and political satirist, was born in Valhalla, New York. Harrington started drawing cartoons at a young age and went to work for the Amsterdam News as a cartoonist and political satirist. In 1935, he created “Dark Laughter” a single panel cartoon which appeared in the African American […]
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December 26th in African American History – Jackie Ormes
December 26, 1985 Jackie Ormes, the first African American female cartoonist, died. Ormes was born Zelda Mavin Jackson on August 1, 1911 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. Ormes started in journalism as a proofreader for the Pittsburgh Courier. In 1937, her one-panel comic strip “Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem” first appeared in the Courier. Ormes moved […]
November 2nd in African American History – Oliver Wendell “Ollie” Harrington
November 2, 1995 Oliver Wendell “Ollie” Harrington, cartoonist, died. Harrington was born February 14, 1912 in Valhalla, New York. He started drawing cartoons at a young age and went to work for the Amsterdam News as a cartoonist and political satirist. In 1935, Harrington created “Dark Laughter” a single panel cartoon which appeared in the […]