TY - BOOK AU - Curtis,Susan TI - Colored memories: a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton PY - 2008/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - African Americans KW - Biography KW - African American journalists KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Theater critics KW - Intellectual life KW - 20th century KW - Race identity KW - Case studies N1 - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index N2 - "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 UR - http://www.netlibrary.com .libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=260309 ER -