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Autore |
Curtis Susan <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Colored memories [[electronic resource] ] : a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton / / Susan Curtis |
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Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans |
African American journalists - New York (State) - New York |
Theater critics - New York (State) - New York |
African Americans - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life - 20th century |
African Americans - Race identity |
Memory - Social aspects - United States |
Biography - Research - United States |
New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century |
United States Race relations Case studies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Explores the life of African American Lester A. Walton whose illustrious career spanned the first six decades of the twentieth century but who is now forgotten. Curtis explores the failure of collective memory and America's obsession with race as she explains how she discovered Walton and his place in history"--Provided by publisher. |
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