abstract:Oliver "Ollie" Wendell Harrington (February 14, 1912 – November 2, 1995), of multi-ethnic descent, was called by Langston Hughes, "America's greatest African-American cartoonist," an assessment that has stood the test of time."Cartoons by the late Ollie Harrington tell it like it was - and is," Ebony Magazine, February 1996 An outspoken advocate against racism and for civil rights in the United States, Harrington requested political asylum in East Germany in 1961.