A dancer in the revolution : Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist at the Cotton Club /

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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 lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Johnson, Howard Eugene, 1915-2000 (Autor), Johnson, Wendy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Empire State Editions, 2014.
Colección:Empire State Editions.
Temas:
Johnson, Howard Eugene, > 1915-2000.
Johnson, Howard Eugene, > 1915-2000
Communist Party of the United States of America. > Harlem Section > History.
Communist Party of the United States of America. > Harlem Section
Communists > United States > Biography.
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Tap dancers > United States > Biography.
Communistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Danseurs de claquettes > États-Unis > Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Communists
Social reformers
Tap dancers
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Part I; 1 Early Days; 2 Harlem and the Cotton Club; 3 Moving Up; 4 Show Biz; Photographs; 5 Joining the Party; Part II; 6 The Young Communist League; 7 The War Years; 8 Back Home; 9 La Lucha Continua; Part III; 10 Starting Over; 11 Malimwu; 12 The Cotton Club Revisited; 13 Martin Luther King Day in Hawaii; 14 Paris to Texas and Home Again; Notes; Further Reading; Map of Harlem Nightclubs in the 1930s and '40s; Howard E. Johnson's Curriculum Vitae; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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