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Ollie Harrington

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American cartoonist (1912-1995)

United StatesLived 1912 to 1995 · aged 83
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Oliver Wendell Harrington 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".

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Oliver Wendell Harrington 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.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1912 to 1995 · aged 83
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