The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor / by Paul Kengor.
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- 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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 070.92 DAVIS 2012 (Text) | 0001001870953 | Nonfiction | Available | - |