Curtis, Susan <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index 
<br/><br/> "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 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access : Internet 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780826266293 (electronic bk.) 0826266290 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Biography<br/>African American journalists--New York (State)--New York--Biography<br/>Theater critics--New York (State)--New York--Biography<br/>African Americans--Intellectual life--New York (State)--New York--20th century<br/>African Americans--Race identity--Case studies