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The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor
Title:
The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor
Author:
Kengor, Paul, 1966-
Personal Author:
Edition:
Hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink, [2012]

©2012
Physical Description:
x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9781451698091

9781451698152
Format :
Book