Portrait from the first edition of To Be a Slave (1968)
Born
May 19, 1933 Brooklyn, New York
Died
August 25, 2003(2003-08-25) (aged 70) Mexico
Nationality
American
Area(s)
Cartoonist, illustrator
Notable works
Tommy Traveler In the World of Negro History To Be a Slave The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo
Awards
Caldecott Honor, 1972, 1975 Coretta Scott King Award, 1996
Spouse(s)
Muriel Feelings
(m. 1969–1974)
Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was an artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. He focused on the African-American experience in his work. His most famous book is The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo.
Feelings was the recipient of numerous awards for his art in children's picture books. He was the first African-American artist to receive a Caldecott Honor,[1] and was the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1982.[2] Born in Brooklyn, New York, he lived in New York City, Ghana, Guyana, and Columbia, South Carolina.[2]
^"Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 1999. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
TomFeelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was an artist, cartoonist, children's book illustrator, author, teacher, and activist. He focused on the...
Muriel Feelings (1938 – 2011) was an American children's book author. She is known for her collaborations with her husband TomFeelings. The two produced...
Alphabet Book is a 1974 picture book written by Muriel Feelings and illustrated by TomFeelings. It is an abecedarium of Swahili terms for the 24 letters...
their true thoughts and feelings. The term "Uncle Tom" comes from the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, where an African...
the Golden Legacy series were also Black, including Joan Bacchus and TomFeelings. Other notable contributors included Don Perlin and Tony Tallarico. Bertram...
is a 1968 nonfiction children's book by Julius Lester, illustrated by TomFeelings. It explores what it was like to be a slave. The book includes many personal...
in its African-American History Month calendar alongside Merl Code, TomFeelings, Sanco Rembert, Bill Pinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians...
1952) – co-creator of Spider-Man, creator of The Question and others TomFeelings (early-to-mid-1950s) – pioneering African American cartoonist and children's...
Angelou, W. E. B. Du Bois and Shirley Graham Du Bois, Margaret Busby, TomFeelings, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, Femi Osofisan...
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning is a 2020 autobiographical book of essays written by the Korean American author Cathy Park Hong. It was published...
Beautiful Feelings is the ninth studio album (originally to be the fifth) by Australian musician Rick Springfield, recorded in 1978. At the height of Springfield's...
1924) 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923) 2003 – TomFeelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933) 2005 – Peter Glotz, Czech-German...
University of South Carolina. Johnson was the second wife of illustrator TomFeelings, with whom she had a daughter. "Dinah Johnson". Gale Literature: Contemporary...
8, 1987). "Now Sheba Sings the Song by Maya Angelou; illustrated by TomFeelings (Dutton/Dial: $18.95; 55 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 21...
Tom Jones, real name Thomas Jones Woodward OBE (born 7 June 1940), is a Welsh singer whose career has spanned five-and-a-half decades since his emergence...
the familiar flights of Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, to the personal feelings surrounding the reality of Moon landings. The Emmy Award–winning project...
Tom Six (born 29 August 1973) is a Dutch filmmaker, writer, and actor. He is best known for his trilogy of body horror films; The Human Centipede (First...
as Stacie Johnson. Contributor to Soul Looks Back in Wonder edited by TomFeelings (1993) "Things that go Gleep in the Night" in Don't Give Up the Ghost:...
"Stupid Feelings" is a song by English producer and DJ 220 Kid and American pop band LANY. It was released on 6 August 2021 via Polydor Records. In a press...
St. Clair Drake and Preston King also wrote for the magazine while TomFeelings contributed original artwork. It also featured early work by the Botswanan...
Late Night Feelings is the fifth studio album by American producer Mark Ronson. It was released on 21 June 2019. It is his first album in four years, following...
in its African-American History Month calendar alongside Merl Code, TomFeelings, Mamie Johnson, Sanco Rembert, and other notable black South Carolinians...
August 16, 2015. Kreps, Daniel (January 29, 2015). "Tom Petty on Sam Smith Settlement: 'No Hard Feelings. These Things Happen'". Rolling Stone. Archived from...
its African-American History Month calendar alongside Sanco Rembert, TomFeelings, Mamie Johnson, Bill Pinkney, and other notable black South Carolinians...
and Diane Dillon, Richard Egielski, Lois Ehlert, Lisa Campell Ernst, TomFeelings, Steven Kellogg, Kerry Pinckney, Amy Schwartz, Lane Smith, Chris Van...
result. Tom becomes upset with Lucy's relationship with George, and invites Alice to get drunk. They talk about their frustrations with their feelings for...
abstract painter Frank Bowling OBE RA, Caldecott-winning illustrator TomFeelings, animator Edward H. Love, sculptor Valerie Maynard, muralist Hale Woodruff...
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