At 81, Disney's First African-American Animator Is Still In The

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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