Colored memories a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton /

• Main Author: Curtis, Susan, 1956-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
• Subjects: Walton, Lester A., > 1882-1965.; Walton, Lester A.; African Americans > Biography.; African American journalists > Biography. > New York > New York (State); Theater critics > Biography. > New York > New York (State); African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. > New York > New York (State); African Americans > Case studies. > Race identity; Memory > Case studies. > Social aspects > United States; Biography > Case studies. > Research > United States; New York (N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.; United States > Case studies. > Race relations; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 290 p.) : ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index.
• ISBN: 9780826266293 (electronic bk.); 0826266290 (electronic bk.)

"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.