Charles Johnson (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
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Reared in a tight-knit Midwestern black community, Charles Johnson remembers his childhood environment as loving and secure. An only child, he often read to fill up his time. Johnson especially loved comic books and spent hours practicing drawing in hopes of becoming a professional cartoonist. To this end he took a two-year correspondence course and was publishing cartoons and illustrations by the time he completed high school.
At the last minute Johnson decided to attend Southern Illinois University rather than art school. There he became passionately...
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