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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horne, Gerald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977.

Du Bois, Shirley Graham.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

Du Bois, W. E. B.

African American women--Biography.

African American women.

African Americans--Biography.

African Americans.

African American women political activists--Biography.

African American women political activists.

African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African American authors--Biography.

African American authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

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 acti

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: Perspectives; 1 Family; 2 On Her Journey Now; 3 The Middle of Her Journey; 4 Crossroads; 5 Shirley Graham Du Bois; 6 Home; 7 On the Road Again; 8 Mother, Africa; 9 Detour; 10 Black, to the Left; 11 The End of Her Journey; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-4457-5

0-585-43462-X

OCLC:

779828142