In 2013, Ron Husband retired after 38 years of employment with the Walt Disney Company. Ron holds the distinction of being the first African American supervising animator for Walt Disney Studios. Ron supervised the animation on Esmeralda’s feisty sidekick, Djali, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the elk in “The Firebird Suite” segment of Fantasia 2000, and Dr. Sweet in the … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans in Animation