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Race woman : the lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois / Gerald Horne.

By:

Horne, Gerald [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : New York University Press, c2000.Description: viii, 363 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

0814736157 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.48/896073/0092 B 21

LOC classification:

E 185.97 .D69 H67 2000

Online resources:

Contents:

Introduction: Perspectives -- 1. Family -- 2. On her journey now -- 3. The middle of her journey -- 4. Crossroads -- 5. Shirley Graham De Bois -- 6. Home -- 7. On the road again -- 8. Mother, Africa -- 9. Detour -- 10. Black to the left -- 11. The end of her journey.

Summary: "One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twentieth century, Shirley Graham Du Bois also remains one of the least studied and understood. In Race Woman, Gerald Horne draws a revealing portrait of this controversial figure who championed the civil rights movement in America, the liberation struggles in Africa and the socialist struggles in Maoist China. Through careful analysis and use of personal correspondence, interviews, and previously unexamined documents, Horne explores her work as a Harlem Renaissance playwright, biographer, composer, teacher, novelist, Left political activist, advisor and inspiration, who was a powerful historical actor.' -- PUBLISHER Summary: "One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twentieth century, Shirley Graham Du Bois also remains one of the least studied and understood. In Race Woman, Gerald Horne draws a revealing portrait of this controvertial figure who championed the civil rights movement in America, the liberation struggles in Africa and the socialist struggles in Maoist China. Through careful analysis and use of personal correspondence, interviews, and previously unexamined documents, Horne explores her work as a Harlem Renaissance playwright, biographer, composer, teacher, novelist, Left political activist, advisor and inspiration, who was a powerful historical actor." -- NYU Press

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
BOOKS	Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks	E 185.97 .D69 H67 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Signed by the author.		NPML20120004

All illustrations appear in two groups following page 112 and page 208.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265 - 345) and index.

"One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twentieth century, Shirley Graham Du Bois also remains one of the least studied and understood. In Race Woman, Gerald Horne draws a revealing portrait of this controversial figure who championed the civil rights movement in America, the liberation struggles in Africa and the socialist struggles in Maoist China. Through careful analysis and use of personal correspondence, interviews, and previously unexamined documents, Horne explores her work as a Harlem Renaissance playwright, biographer, composer, teacher, novelist, Left political activist, advisor and inspiration, who was a powerful historical actor.' -- PUBLISHER

"One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twentieth century, Shirley Graham Du Bois also remains one of the least studied and understood. In Race Woman, Gerald Horne draws a revealing portrait of this controvertial figure who championed the civil rights movement in America, the liberation struggles in Africa and the socialist struggles in Maoist China. Through careful analysis and use of personal correspondence, interviews, and previously unexamined documents, Horne explores her work as a Harlem Renaissance playwright, biographer, composer, teacher, novelist, Left political activist, advisor and inspiration, who was a powerful historical actor." -- NYU Press

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