JACKIE ORMES FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CARTOONIST HC BECKY CLOONAN and the neighbors he's befriended

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JACKIE ORMES FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN CARTOONIST HC BECKY CLOONAN and the neighbors he's befriendedIn the United States at mid century, in an era when there were few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women, Jackie Ormes blazed a trail as a popular artist with the major black newspapers of the day. Jackie Ormes chronicles the life of this multiply talented, fascinating woman who became a successful commercial artist and cartoonist. Ormes's cartoon characters (including Torchy Brown, Candy, and Patty Jo 'n'