Black History Month book recommendations from CADL
Lansing-area library staff share their picks on what to read during Black History Month.
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Lansing-area library staff share their picks on what to read during Black History Month.
Ormes and her cartoon characters were sophisticated, intelligent, and ahead of their time.
Barbara Brandon-Croft’s series “Where I’m Coming From” was the first by a Black female cartoonist to be picked up by a major national syndicate. Her strips, now collected in a book, got plenty right about how we still live today.
We spoke with Montague about her new book, 'Maybe an Artist,' being the first Black female cartoonist for the 'New Yorker,' and how her passion for visual storytelling changed her entire life.
As we close out Black History Month, the last Chicago history maker in our spotlight series is a famous cartoonist. Jackie Ormes broke barriers as the first Black woman cartoonist to be published in a newspaper.