Colored memories
Subtitle: a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton
By: Susan Curtis.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780826217868
Subjects: 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
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.