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

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

"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 discovered Walton and his place in his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Susan , 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press , c2008
Subjects:
Walton, Lester A , > 1882-1965
African American journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography
African Americans > Biography
African Americans > Race identity > Case studies
African Americans > New York (State) > New York > Intellectual life > 20th century
Biography > Research > United States > Case studies
Memory > Social aspects > United States > Case studies
Theater critics > New York (State) > New York > Biography
New York (NY) > Intellectual life > 20th century
United States > Race relations > Case studies
Online Access:NetLibrary
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Summary:"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 discovered Walton and his place in history"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 290 p.) : ill
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index
ISBN:0826217869 (alk. paper)
0826266290 (electronic bk.)
9780826217868 (alk. paper)
9780826266293 (electronic bk.)

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