At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The
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First hired in the 1950s, Floyd Norman is still drawing. "Creative people don't hang it up," he says. "We don't walk away, we don't want to sit in a lawn chair. We want to continue to work. "
First hired in the 1950s, Floyd Norman is still drawing. Creative people don't hang it up, he says. We don't walk away, we don't want to sit in a lawn chair. We want to continue to work.
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