The HistoryMakers video oral history with Morrie Turner.

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Imprint:Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 55 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.
Language:English
Subject:Turner, Morrie -- Interviews.
Turner, Morrie.
African Americans -- Interviews.
African Americans.
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11336670
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Varying Form of Title:History Makers video oral history with Morrie Turner
Morrie Turner
Other authors / contributors:Turner, Morrie, interviewee.
Henry, Loretta, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Sound characteristics:digital
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Loretta Henry, interviewer.
Recorded Berkeley, California 2004 April 6.
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Summary:Cartoonist Morris "Morrie" Turner was born on December 11, 1923 in Oakland, California. He attended schools in Oakland and graduated from Berkeley High School in 1942. Turner had never received formal art training. During World War II, he served in the Army, and drew a series, Rail Head, for Stars and Stripes. Later he freelanced cartoons to national publications. In 1965, he created a series Wee Pals, a world without prejudice, celebrating ethnic differences, the first multi-ethnic cartoon syndicated in the United States. Turner had written several children's books including The Illustrated Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. His many honors include receiving the Sparky Award for best cartoonist in 2000 and being inducted into the California Public Education Hall of Fame. He was the subject of a film called Keeping the Faith with Morrie. Turner passed away on January 25, 2014.