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Curtis Susan <1956-> |
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Colored memories : 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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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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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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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Encountering a Ghost -- Remembering Walton -- Chapter 1 Lester and Me -- Chapter 2 Mysteries in the Archives -- Part II: Treachery and Duplicity -- Race Man -- Chapter 3 Capitalizing Negro -- Chapter 4 Pictures of His Face -- Chapter 5 A Passing Comment -- Chapter 6 The Crisis on the Links -- Chapter 7 Something Doin' -- Chapter 8 Some Trip -- Part III: The Man Behind the Scenes -- Representation -- Chapter 9 Representing the Democratic Party -- Chapter 10 Representing the United States -- Chapter 11 Representing Liberia -- Part IV: Trauma -- Reenactment -- Chapter 12 Escape of the Kaffirs -- Chapter 13 Exodus -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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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 |
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