TY - BOOK AU - Curtis,Susan ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Colored memories: a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton AV - E185.97.W1344 C87 2008eb U1 - 070.92B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Walton, Lester A., 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 KW - Memory KW - Social aspects KW - United States KW - Research KW - New York (N.Y.) KW - Race relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries 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://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10277767 ER -