HARRINGTON, Ollie (1912-1995). HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Bootsie and Others: A Selection of Cartoons by Ollie Harrington. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958.

Large 8vo. Illustrated. (Light toning at edges.) Original publisher's bright yellow cloth (light spotting); original publisher's illustrated jacket (light soiling). Provenance: Tom Johnston; Community Church of NY (Harlem) Library (inscription to interior front board.

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY HARRINGTON AND LANGSTON HUGHES on the title page. Hughes, who wrote the introduction described Harrington as "America's greatest African-American cartoonist." Steeped in the Harlem Renaissance, his cartoons depicted average Black Americans and their experience with racism. After WWII, he developed the NAACP's public relations department, becoming an outspoken critic of the US government's failure to stop lynching and other hate crimes. Facing McCarthyism, he emigrated to France and in 1961 requested political asylum in East Germany where he contributed to many publications and lived the rest of his life.

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HARRINGTON, Ollie (1912-1995). HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Bootsie and Others: A Selection of Cartoons by Ollie Harrington. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958.

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HARRINGTON, Ollie (1912-1995). HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). Bootsie and Others: A Selection of Cartoons by Ollie Harrington. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1958.

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