Google honors Black cartoonist and activist #JackieOrmes with new #GoogleDoodle. Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911 – December 26, 1985) was born #ZeldaJackson in a small town outside #Pittsburgh. She was a self-taught artist who had several successful #comicstrips and #cartooncharacters, and they were precedent-setting. The characters were fashionable and professional. Often the focus of a strip was on humor, but Ormes was happy to use her comics as a platform for commentary on society’s ills as well. Her targets were frequently #racialissues, but in 1953-54, her comic strip character, #Torchy, took on environmental pollution, particularly as it was occurring in black neighborhoods. This was long before strips like Pogo had become the “issue” strip we think of today. Google chose Tuesday to honor Ormes because on Sept. 1, 1945, her single-panel cartoon "Patty-Jo 'n' Ginger" debuted in the #PittsburghCourier. The drawings introduced "the world to the smart and fashionable #Ginger and her precocious 6-year-old sister #PattyJo," #Google said in a blog post. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmPMs3FEjG/?igshid=1qbh3bk8tobim
