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| − | + | African-American singer from the comic strip ''Torchy Brown in "Dixie to Harlem"'' (1937-1938) by the first female African American cartoonist, Jackie Ormes. A sequel comic strip, ''Torchy in Heartbeats'', ran from 1950-1954. | |
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| + | In the first series, Torchy leaves her small town to try her luck singing at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. In the second series, she is not a singer. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[King Ivory]] | *[[King Ivory]] | ||
*[[Earl Lester]] | *[[Earl Lester]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *https://www.torchybrown.com/ | ||
| + | *https://www.jackieormes.com/tbdh.php | ||
| + | *https://library.osu.edu/site/cartoons/tag/torchy-brown-in-dixie-to-harlem/ | ||
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| + | [[Category:1937|Brown, Torchy]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Comic strips|Brown, Torchy]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Fictional singers|Brown, Torchy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:57, 13 November 2019
African-American singer from the comic strip Torchy Brown in "Dixie to Harlem" (1937-1938) by the first female African American cartoonist, Jackie Ormes. A sequel comic strip, Torchy in Heartbeats, ran from 1950-1954.
In the first series, Torchy leaves her small town to try her luck singing at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. In the second series, she is not a singer.
