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

Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 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 explains how she discovered Walton and his place in history"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-283) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965. SUBJECT Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965 fast Walton, Lester A. swd Subject 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 African American journalists African Americans African Americans -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Race identity Biography -- Research Intellectual life Memory -- Social aspects Race relations Theater critics SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95005016 United States -- Race relations -- Case studies Subject New York (State) -- New York United States Genre/Form Biographies Case studies Form Electronic book LC no. 2008006204 ISBN 9780826266293 0826266290

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