Colored memories : a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Susan, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Walton, Lester A., > 1882-1965.
Walton, Lester A., > 1882-1965
Walton, Lester A.
1900-1999
African Americans > Biography.
African American journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Theater critics > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life > 20th century.
African Americans > Race identity > Case studies.
Memory > Social aspects > United States > Case studies.
Biography > Research > United States > Case studies.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
Journalistes noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Critiques de théâtre > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Identité ethnique > Études de cas.
Biographies > Recherche > États-Unis > Études de cas.
African American journalists
African Americans
African Americans > Intellectual life
African Americans > Race identity
Biography > Research
Intellectual life
Memory > Social aspects
Race relations
Theater critics
New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > Case studies.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Études de cas.
New York (State) > New York
United States
Biographies
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 KaffirsChapter 13 Exodus; Bibliography; Index.

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