Jackie Ormes’s Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem (1937–38) was the first comic strip by a Black woman to appear in a widely read newspaper. The strip tells the story of Torchy, a young woman who leaves Mississippi to become a performer in New York City. Torchy’s story reflects the experience of the Great Migration (1910–1970), when millions of Black Americans left the South in search of opportunities in other parts of the United States. Torchy Brown thus shows how Ormes used comics to comment humorously on issues affecting Black Americans, which she continued to do throughout her career.
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(Choice A) To give an example of how Ormes presented the experiences of Black Americans in her comic strips
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To give an example of how Ormes presented the experiences of Black Americans in her comic strips
(Choice B) To show how Ormes’s Torchy Brown inspired other Black women to write comic strips in the 1930s
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To show how Ormes’s Torchy Brown inspired other Black women to write comic strips in the 1930s
(Choice C) To claim that several characters in Torchy Brown were based on people that Ormes knew personally
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To claim that several characters in Torchy Brown were based on people that Ormes knew personally
(Choice D) To illustrate how the subjects Ormes addressed in her comic strips changed over the course of her career
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To illustrate how the subjects Ormes addressed in her comic strips changed over the course of her career