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02132cam a2200421 a 4500 001 27E8CCFC6BF811DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090730151634 008 080211s2008 moua b s001 0beng 010 $a 2008006204 020 $a 0826217869 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780826217868 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d C#P $d BWX $d BTCTA $d UKM $d CDX $d IXA $d IOF $d SILO 042 $a lcac 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a E185.97.W1344 $b C87 2008 100 1 $a Curtis, Susan, $d 1956- 245 1 $a Colored memories : $b a biographer's quest for the elusive Lester A. Walton / $c Susan Curtis. 260 $a Columbia : $b University of Missouri Press, $c c2008. 300 $a xiii, 290 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index. 520 $a "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. 500 $a Donated by the History Club Book-A-Thon in honor of Susan Curtis, Graceland University, 2008. 600 10 $a Walton, Lester A., $d 1882-1965. 650 0 $a African Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American journalists $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Theater critics $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a African Americans $z New York $z New York $x Intellectual life $y 20th century. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Intellectual life $y 20th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Race identity $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Memory $x Social aspects $z United States $v Case studies. 651 0 $a United States $x Race relations $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Biography $x Research $z United States $v Case studies. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824061210.0 952 $l PHAX277 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=27E8CCFC6BF811DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b IOFInitiate Another SILO Locator Search