Comics Crusader: Remembering Jackie Ormes

From: Kyle Norris
Length: 05:11

One woman's cartoons present a realistic slice of history from a rarely heard perspective. Read the full description.

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Playing: Comics Crusader: Remembering Jackie Ormes
From: Kyle Norris

Ormes_200_small Jackie Ormes drew comic strips from the 1930s to the 1950s, tackling subjects such as politics, foreign policy, racism and even environmental justice. IOrmes' cartoons often responded to events that were important to the black community, such as the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi. Till was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.

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Jackie Ormes drew comic strips from the 1930s to the 1950s, tackling subjects such as politics, foreign policy, racism and even environmental justice. IOrmes' cartoons often responded to events that were important to the black community, such as the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi. Till was killed in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman.