MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 120604s2012 nyu b 000 0beng
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020 $a9781451698091
020 $a9781451698152 (ebook)
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050 00 $aE185.97.D28$bK36 2012
082 00 $a070.92$aB$223
100 1 $aKengor, Paul,$d1966-
245 14 $aThe communist :$bFrank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor /$cby Paul Kengor.
250 $aHardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bThreshold Editions/Mercury Ink,$c2012.
263 $a1207
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $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.
600 10 $aDavis, Frank Marshall,$d1905-1987.
600 10 $aDavis, Frank Marshall,$d1905-1987$xPolitical and social views.
600 10 $aDavis, Frank Marshall,$d1905-1987$xInfluence.
650 0 $aAfrican American political activists$vBiography.
650 0 $aPolitical activists$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 20 $aCommunist Party of the United States of America$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aLabor movement$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAfrican American journalists$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American poets$vBiography.
600 10 $aObama, Barack$xFriends and associates.