Oral history interview with Chester Commodore, 1972
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- Name
- Commodore, Chester, 1914-2004 (Interviewee)
- La Brie, Henry G (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Chester Commodore, 1972
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Chester Commodore : oral history, 1972; Oral history of Chester Commodore, 1972
- Abstract
- Commodore discusses his early life, including his move to Chicago and his early relationship to drawing. He describes the jobs he held before becoming a cartoonist, including a job as an electromechanic for the Pullman Car Company. Other topics of discussion include: influential cartoonists; Commodore's work on the Chicago Defender’s Bungleton Green comic strip; how his drawing hobby became a caree r; and his Pulitzer Prize nominations.
- Collection Name
- Black Journalists oral history collection
- Subjects
- Cartoonists; African American press; African American cartoonists; Comic books, strips, etc.--United States; Chicago (Ill.); Commodore, Chester, 1914-2004; Chicago defender
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96kHz, 24 bit); 18 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Chester Commodore (1914-2004) was an African American cartoonist. Commodore was born in Racine, Wisconsin, and in 1948 he began working at the Chicago Defender. During his five decades with the Defender, Commodore contributed both comic strips and pol itical cartoons to the newspaper.
- Note
- Interviewed by Henry G. La Brie III on June 23, 1972.
- Note (Provenance)
- Henry G. La Brie III Gift, 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 11562950
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-94c4-gk39
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.