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The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold ... Read More

Kengor, Paul, 1966-(Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781451698091
  • ISBN: 1451698097
  • ISBN: 9781451698152 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 1451698151 (ebook)
  • Physical Description: x, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: Hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink, 2012.

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Includes bibliographical references.
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Introduction: Past is Prologue -- Growing Up Frank ... Read More
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Is Obama working to fulfill the dreams of Frank ... Read More

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Subject: Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987.
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 > Political and social views.
Davis, Frank Marshall, 1905-1987 > Influence.
African American political activists > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Communist Party of the United States of America > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > United States > History > 20th century.
African American journalists > Biography.
African American poets > Biography.
Obama, Barack > Friends and associates.
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5050 . ‡aIntroduction: 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.
520 . ‡aIs Obama working to fulfill the dreams of Frank Marshall Davis, a card-carrying member of the Communist Party USA? That question has been impossible to answer, since Davis's writings and relationship with Obama have either been deliberately obscured or dismissed as irrelevant. With Paul Kengor's The Communist, Americans can finally weigh the evidence and decide for themselves.
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