Tom Feelings

Tom Feelings (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la Silimiin goli May biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali yuuni 1933 ka daa kpi Silimiin goli August biɛɣ'pishi ni anu dali yuuni 2003) daa nyɛla nuchee ni baŋda karimba n-ti pahi activist. O tumanima nyɛla din jɛndi African-American. O buku shɛŋa niriba pam ni mi nyɛ The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo (1995).

 Biography 
Feelings nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so Silimiin goli May  biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali yuuni 1933 tiŋ yuli booni Bedford-Stuyvesant ka di be Brooklyn, New York.

Feelings nyɛla ŋun chaŋ Cartoonists and Illustrators School bin din gbaai yuuni 1951 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1953, din daa niŋ ka o tum n-ti Air Force working in the Graphics Division naai nyaaŋa, o daa labi  New York ni o ti bɔhim "illustration"  School of Visual Arts bin din gbaai yuuni 1957 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1960."The Artist: Tom Feelings,"  Juneteenth.

 Bibliography 

 Comic books 

 Tommy Traveler in the World of Negro History (1958-?)
 "Crispus Attucks and the Minutemen", Golden Legacy #3 (1967)

 Book illustrations 

 Bola and Oba's Drummer by Letta Schatz (1967)
 To Be a Slave by Julius Lester (1968)
 Zamani Goes to Market by Muriel Feelings (1970)
 Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings (1971)
 Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings (1974)
 Something on My Mind by Nikki Grimes (1978)
 Daydreamers by Eloise Greenfield (1981)
 Now Sheba Sings the Song by Maya Angelou (1987)

 Words and pictures 

 Tommy Traveler in the World of Black History by Tom Feelings (1991)
 Soul Looks Back in Wonder edited and illustrated by Tom Feelings (1993)
 The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo by Tom Feelings (1995)

 Artists' books 
 With Care by Ruth E. Edwards, illustrations by Tom Feelings

 Pina 
To Be a Slave nyɛla ŋun daa deegi yuuni 1969 pina din nyɛ Newbery Honor Book,  ALA Notable Book, Hornbook Fanfare Best Book, Library of Congress Children's Literature Center Best Children's Book, School Library Journal's Best Book of the Year n-ti pahi Smithsonian Best Book of the Year. O daa lahi deegi yuuni 1970 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.

 Further reading 







 X, Marvin. "On the Passing of an Artist of the People: Tom Feelings" , ChickenBones: A Journal. Accessed July 18, 2013.

 Kundivihira 

 External links 
 "The Middle Passage: Drawings by Tom Feelings" – year 2000 exhibition of Feelings' work, McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina
 Golden Legacy website
 Biographies of Tom and Muriel Feelings and samples of Tom's comic book work, including his masterpiece for the NAACP, The Street Where You Live

 Tom Feelings Artwork. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.


Pubu:Lahabaya zaa
Category:1933 births
Category:2003 deaths
Category:American cartoonists
Category:American children's book illustrators
Category:People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Category:African-American illustrators
Category:20th-century American illustrators
Category:African-American comics creators
Category:American comics creators
Category:School of Visual Arts alumni
Category:Deaths from cancer in Mexico
Category:20th-century African-American artists
Category:21st-century African-American artists
Category:Caldecott Honor winners
Category:Coretta Scott King Award winners
Category:Writers who illustrated their own writing
Category:Newbery Honor winners