Artist · United States
“cartoonist”
1912
New York City
United States
1995
Berlin
Ollie Harrington.
United States, 1912 to 1995
Oliver Wendell Harrington (February 14, 1912, November 2, 1995) was an American cartoonist of multi-ethnic descent and an outspoken advocate against racism and for civil rights in the United States. Langston Hughes called him "America's greatest African-American cartoonist". In 1961, Harrington requested political asylum in East Germany; he lived in Berlin for the last three decades of his life.
Biodata
- Born
- 1912, New York City
- Died
- 1995, Berlin
- Citizenship
- United States
- Work
- cartoonist
Ollie Harrington, in numbers
Sketchbook