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The color of fascism : Lawrence Dennis, racial passing, and the rise of right-wing extremism in the United States / / Gerald Horne



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Autore: Horne Gerald Visualizza persona
Titolo: The color of fascism : Lawrence Dennis, racial passing, and the rise of right-wing extremism in the United States / / Gerald Horne Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2006
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina: 335.6092
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Soggetto topico: Fascists - United States
Right-wing extremists - United States
African Americans
Passing (Identity) - United States
Radicalism - United States
Isolationism - United States
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 bec
Titolo autorizzato: The color of fascism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-7331-1
0-8147-4451-6
1-4356-0033-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808434803321
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