Sam Milai
Ahmed Samuel Milai (March 23, 1908 – April 30, 1970), better known as Sam Milai, was an African American editorial and comic strip cartoonist who drew for the Pittsburgh Courier. 1971, Milai illustrated Your History (later known as Facts About The Negro), written by Joel Augustus Rogers. Patterned after the look of Robert Ripleys popular Believe It or Not cartoons, multiple vignettes in each cartoon episode recounted short items about African Americans from Rogers' research.
Also recorded as Ahmed Samuel Milai
Sam Milai
- Birth Name
- Ahmed Samuel Milai
- Born
- 23 March 1908
- Died
- 30 April 1970
- Nationality
- American
- Occupation
- cartoonist
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Ahmed Samuel Milai (March 23, 1908 – April 30, 1970), better known as Sam Milai, was an African American editorial and comic strip cartoonist who drew for the Pittsburgh Courier. 1971, Milai illustrated Your History (later known as Facts About The Negro), written by Joel Augustus Rogers. Patterned after the look of Robert Ripleys popular Believe It or Not cartoons, multiple vignettes in each cartoon episode recounted short items about African Americans from Rogers' research.
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The feature began in the Pittsburgh Courier in November 1934, with art by George L. In 1940, the art chores were handed over to Milai, who stayed with the feature through the rest of its run. Two collections were published, Your History (1940) and Facts About The Negro (c. Milai created Don Powers, an adventure strip distributed from August 19, 1950, to November 1, 1958, by the Smith-Mann Syndicate, about a superlative athlete. In addition, he created the strips Bucky (under his own name) and Society Sue (under the name Bobby Thomas). Milai's 1960s political cartoons for the Pittsburgh Courier are curated at Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Milai was the Couriers editorial cartoonist for 33 years.
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• Birth Name — Ahmed Samuel Milai • Born — 23 March 1908 • Died — 30 April 1970 • Nationality — American • Area — Editorial cartoonist, comic strip cartoonist • Cartoonist — y • Notable Works — Your History/ Facts About The Negro, Don Powers
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1908
Sam Milai was born on 23 March 1908.
1970
Sam Milai died on 30 April 1970.
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- 1.Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II, editors. Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (A&C Black, 2013), p. 26.
- 2.Holtz, Allan. "Your History", Stripper's Guide, April 22, 2011.
- 3.10 Jun 1939, Page 12 - The Pittsburgh Courier at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com.
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