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Author

Curtis, Susan, 1956-

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

Imprint

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiii, 290 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and 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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965.
	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.
	New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
	United States -- Race relations -- Case studies.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780826217868 (alk. paper)
	0826217869 (alk. paper)