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The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor  Cover Image Book Book

The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor / by Paul Kengor.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781451698152
  • ISBN: 9781451698091
  • Physical Description: x, 388 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-368) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Past is Prologue -- Growing Up Frank -- Atlanta, 1931-32 : The Communists Swarm to Scottsboro -- Frank's Work in the Atlanta Daily World (1931-34) -- Paul Robeson and Progressive Dupes -- Back to Chicago : "Peace" Mobilization and Duping the "Social Justice" Religious Left -- War Time and Party Time (1943-45) : Frank with CPUSA and Associated Negro Press -- The Latter 1940s : Frank and the Chicago Crew -- The Chicago Star : Comrades, "Progressives," and Soviet Agents -- Frank's Writings in the Chicago Star (1946-48) -- Frank Heads to Hawaii -- Frank in the Honolulu Record (1949-50) : Target: Harry Truman -- Frank in the Honolulu Record (1949-50) : Other Targets: From "HUAC" to "profits" to GM -- Frank and the Founders -- 1951-57 : Frank on Red China, Korea, Vietnam, and More -- Mr. Davis Goes to Washington -- Frank vs. "the Gestapo" -- American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born -- When Frank Met Obama -- When Obama Leaves Frank : Occidental College -- Frank Re-Emerges...and the Media Ignores Him -- Conclusion: Echoes of Frank.
Subject: Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987.
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 > Political and social views.
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 > Influence.
Obama, Barack > Friends and associates.
Communist Party of the United States of America > History > 20th century.
African American political activists > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Labor movement > United States > History > 20th century.
African American journalists > Biography.
African American poets > Biography.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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North Kansas City Public Library 070.92 DAVIS 2012 (Text) 0001001870953 Nonfiction Available -


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