03139nam 2200733 a 450 991077829030332120230828231617.00-8147-7331-10-8147-4451-61-4356-0033-910.18574/nyu/9780814744512(CKB)1000000000476541(EBL)865600(OCoLC)779828139(SSID)ssj0000125039(PQKBManifestationID)11141319(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125039(PQKBWorkID)10026168(PQKB)10559382(MiAaPQ)EBC865600(OCoLC)173511436(MdBmJHUP)muse10699(Au-PeEL)EBL865600(CaPaEBR)ebr10170583(DE-B1597)547338(DE-B1597)9780814744512(EXLCZ)99100000000047654120060605d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe color of fascism[electronic resource] Lawrence Dennis, racial passing, and the rise of right-wing extremism in the United States /Gerald HorneNew York New York University Pressc20061 online resource (253 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-3733-1 0-8147-3686-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: More than passing strange -- Passing fancy? -- Passing through -- Fascism -- The face--of fascism -- Fascism and betrayal -- Approaching disaster -- Framing a guilty man? -- Fascism on trial -- A trial on trial -- After the fall -- An isolationist isolated? -- Passing on.What does it mean that Lawrence Dennis-arguably the "brains" behind U.S. fascism-was born black but spent his entire adult life passing for white? Born in Atlanta in 1893, Dennis began life as a highly touted African American child preacher, touring nationally and arousing audiences with his dark-skinned mother as his escort. However, at some point between leaving prep school and entering Harvard University, he chose to abandon his family and his former life as an African American in order to pass for white. Dennis went on to work for the State Department and on Wall Street, and ultimately becFascistsUnited StatesBiographyRight-wing extremistsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican AmericansBiographyPassing (Identity)United StatesCase studiesRadicalismUnited StatesCase studiesIsolationismUnited StatesCase studiesFascistsRight-wing extremistsAfrican AmericansPassing (Identity)RadicalismIsolationism335.6092BHorne Gerald850651MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778290303321The color of fascism3854035UNINA