Race Woman - The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois

An intriguing study of artist and civil rights activist Shirley Graham Du Bois
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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and has published three dozen books including, The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the USA and Race War! White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire.

Zusammenfassung

"A fascinating account of the extraordinary life of W. E. B. Du Bois's widow: a complex, creative woman who lived a colorful, meaningful life." (Essence) "Horne is the first biographer to grant Shirley Graham Du Bois her due." (Boston Globe)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gerald Horne
• Mitarbeit: Harry Krause (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: New York University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.02.2002
• EAN: 9780814736487
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-3648-7
• Seiten: 363
• Abmessung: 163 mm x 219 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 567 g
• Serien: Lives of Shirley Graham Du Boi; Lives of Shirley Graham Du Boi
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung