02237nam a2200433 a 4500 ebr10277767 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080211s2008 moua sb s001 0beng 2008006204 9780826217868 (alk. paper) 0826217869 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646208899 n-us--- n-us-ny E185.97.W1344 C87 2008eb 070.92 B 22 Curtis, Susan, 1956- Colored memories [electronic resource] : a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton / Susan Curtis. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008. xiii, 290 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Walton, Lester A., 1882-1965. African Americans Biography. African American journalists New York (State) New York Biography. Theater critics New York (State) New York Biography. African Americans New York (State) New York Intellectual life 20th century. African Americans Race identity Case studies. Memory Social aspects United States Case studies. Biography Research United States Case studies. New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century. United States Race relations Case studies. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10277767 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 19779 19779