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BL
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700078
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b522267
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| Main Entry
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Curtis, Susan,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Colored memories : : a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton /\ Susan Curtis
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| Publication Statement
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Columbia :: University of Missouri Press,, c2008
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| Page. NO
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xiii, 290 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0826217869
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: 9780826217868
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index
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| Abstract
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"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
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Walton, Lester A.,1882-1965
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African American journalists-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography
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African Americans, Biography
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African Americans-- Race identity, Case studies
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African Americans-- New York (State)-- New York-- Intellectual life-- 20th century
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Biography-- Research-- United States, Case studies
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Memory-- Social aspects-- United States, Case studies
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Theater critics-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography
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New York (N.Y.), Intellectual life, 20th century
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United States, Race relations, Case studies
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| LC Classification
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E185.97.W1344C87 2008
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