The cartoonist was, of course, investigated by the FBI, and accumulated a thick file there. This inspired her to increase the political content of her cartoons.
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“Ormes’ panel [Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger], far from being merely frivolous jokes told by a precocious young girl, contained biting commentary and scathing indictments on issues related to oppression and subjugation through racist policies, government witch hunts, military industrialization, or other means. Through Patty-Jo, Ormes highlights the ways that, as Whaley notes, ‘a young, middle-class, educated Black child in the throes of the civil rights era would express herself.'”
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