Google’s online search page was updated in honor of Jackie Ormes, a black cartoonist and activist who challenged derogatory depictions of black characters in the media in the 1940s.
If you go to Google.com on Tuesday, you’ll see an interactive cartoon instead of the classic Google lopass above the search bar.When you click “Doodle”, you will be redirected to a cartoon-like slideshow.
Created to celebrate Elms, who is widely identified as the first and only black newspaper cartoonist of his time in the United States, according to Google, each slide will pay homage to a level in Ormes’ life, beginning with his beginnings like me.-taught as an artist and became a well-known cartoonist and comedian.
Google chose Tuesday to honor Elms because on September 1, 1945, its unique panel “Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger” debuted in the Pittsburgh Courier.The drawings featured “the world of the wise and elegant Ginger and his 6-year-old daughter, Patty-Jo,” Google said in a blog post.
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In the years that followed, he delved into positive performances of blacks and women in the media and developed several dolls similar to his characters, Google said.
This is not the first time Google has used its search site to highlight pioneering activists and artists.In August, she paid tribute to influential sculptor Barbara Hepworth with a Doodle, which marked the date in 1939 of her arrival in St. Louis.Ives, England, and creating his art studio.
In July, Google’s online page paid tribute to Pacita Abad, an artist and activist from the Philippines who broke down gender barriers and also used her logo to remind others to wear a mask during the pandemic.
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