Oliver Wendell Harrington (February 14, 1912 – November 2, 1995) was an American cartoonist and an outspoken advocate against racism and for civil rights in the United States. Of multi-ethnic descent, Langston Hughes called him "America's greatest African-American cartoonist". Harrington requested political asylum in East Germany in 1961; he lived in Berlin for the last three decades of his life.
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14 February 1912 Valhalla, New York
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Died |
2 November 1995 (aged 83) Berlin, Germany
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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