Commodore, Chester, 1914-2004
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Birth Date
- 1914-08-22
Death Date
- 2004-04-10
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- Organization: Tilden Technical High School (Chicago, Ill.)
Birth Place
- Racine (Wis.)
Occupation
Civil rights activists
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Sources
- found: Chester Commodore Papers IC online finding aid(Chester Commodore, editorial cartoonist, b. Racine, WI, 22 Aug 1914, d. 10 Apr 2004)
- found: African American National Biography, accessed December 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Commodore, Chester, Sr.; Chesterfield Commodore; Claudette Austin; cartoonist, comic strip creator, humorist; born 22 August 1914 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States; completed Tilden Technical High School in Chicago; cartoonist at the Defender (1948-2004 with a break in the 1960s),known for Ravings of Prof. Doodle, So What!, the Sparks, and Bungleton Green (1948-2004); known crusader for civil rights, antagonized Chicago's Sheriff Joe Woods in Klan clothing, with "Woods' Vigilantes", suggesting law enforcement contributed to Chicago's 1960s unrest; honors include seven Best Cartoon awards from the National Newspaper Publishers Association and twelve nominations for the Pulitzer Prize; died 10 April 2004 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States)
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- 2010-08-06: new
- 2015-04-03: revised
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