Colored memories a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton /
Curtis, Susan
Colored memories a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton / [electronic resource] : Susan Curtis - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008 - 1 online resource (xiii, 290 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index
"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
Mode of access : Internet
9780826266293 (electronic bk.) 0826266290 (electronic bk.)
African Americans--Biography
African American journalists--New York (State)--New York--Biography
Theater critics--New York (State)--New York--Biography
African Americans--Intellectual life--New York (State)--New York--20th century
African Americans--Race identity--Case studies
Colored memories a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton / [electronic resource] : Susan Curtis - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008 - 1 online resource (xiii, 290 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index
"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
Mode of access : Internet
9780826266293 (electronic bk.) 0826266290 (electronic bk.)
African Americans--Biography
African American journalists--New York (State)--New York--Biography
Theater critics--New York (State)--New York--Biography
African Americans--Intellectual life--New York (State)--New York--20th century
African Americans--Race identity--Case studies