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A dancer in the revolution : Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist at the Cotton Club / / Howard Eugene Johnson with Wendy Johnson



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Autore: Johnson Howard Eugene <1915-2000, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: A dancer in the revolution : Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist at the Cotton Club / / Howard Eugene Johnson with Wendy Johnson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Empire State Editions, , 2014
©2014
Edizione: First Edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
Disciplina: 324.273/75092
Soggetto topico: Communists - United States
Social reformers - United States
Tap dancers - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: African American History
African American
African Diaspora
American History
Amsterdam News
Communist
Cotton Club
Duke Ellington
Ethnic Studies
Harlem
McCarthyism
Smith Act Trial
Winnie Johnson
World War II
Classificazione: HIS037070HIS036080BIO006000
Persona (resp. second.): JohnsonWendy
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Mark D. Naison -- Acknowledgments -- Wendy Johnson -- PART ONE -- Ch 1 Early Days -- Ch 2 Harlem and the Cotton Club -- Ch 3 Moving Up -- Ch 4 Show Biz -- Ch 5 Joining the Party -- PART TWO -- Ch 6 The Young Communist League -- Ch 7 The War Years -- Ch 8 Back Home -- Ch 9 La Lucha Continua -- PART THREE -- Ch 10 Starting Over -- Ch 11 Malimwu -- Ch 12 The Cotton Club Revisited -- Ch 13 Hawaii's Martin Luther King Day -- Ch 14 Paris - Texas and Home Again -- Time Line -- Howard E. Johnson's Curriculum Vitae -- Further reading -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: "The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Johnson's long-awaited memoir traces his path from firstborn of a multiclass/multiethnic" family in New Jersey to dancer in Harlem's Cotton Club to communist youth leader and, later, professor of Black studies. A Dancer in the Revolution is a powerful statement about Black resilience and triumph amid subtle and explicit racism in the United States. Johnson's engaging, beautifully written memoir provides a window into everyday life in Harlem--neighborhood life, arts and culture, and politics--from the 1930's to the 1970's, when the contemporary Black community was being formed. A Dancer in the Revolution explores Johnson's twenty-plus years in the Communist Party and illuminates in compelling detail how the Harlem branch functioned and flourished in the 1930's and '40's. Johnson thrived as a charismatic leader, using the connections he built up as an athlete and dancer to create alliances between communist organizations and a cross-section of the Black community. In his memoir, Johnson also exposes the homoerotic tourism that was a feature of Harlem's nightlife in the 1930's. Some of America's leading white literary, musical, and artistic figures were attracted to Harlem not only for the community's artistic creativity but to engage in illicit sex--gay and straight--with their Black counterparts. A Dancer in the Revolution is an invaluable contribution to the literature on Black political thought and pragmatism. It reveals the unique place that Black dancers and artists hold in civil rights pursuits and anti-racism campaigns in the United States and beyond. Moreover, the life of "Stretch" Johnson illustrates how political activism engenders not only social change but also personal fulfillment, a realization of dreams not deferred but rather pursued and achieved. Johnson's journey bears witness to critical periods and events that shaped the Black condition and American society in the process"--
Titolo autorizzato: A dancer in the revolution  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8232-5655-3
0-8232-5656-1
0-8232-5654-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813705403321
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Serie: Empire State Editions