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Louise Thompson Patterson : a life of struggle for justice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilyard, Keith, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Patterson, Louise Thompson, > 1901-1999.
African American women political activists > Biography.
African American women social reformers > Biography.
African American communists > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Louise Alone, 1901-1916
  • California community, 1917-1925
  • Shades of control, 1925-1928
  • Harlem kaleidoscope, 1928-1932
  • Madam Moscow, 1932
  • The struggle has nine lives, 1932-1934
  • Popular fronts, 1935-1937
  • Ba ba ba bop, 1937-1940
  • Bronzeville brigades, 1941-1949
  • Sojourns and sojourners, 1949-1959
  • A fairer public hearing, 1960-1969
  • Confirming commitments, 1970-1984
  • Still reaching, 1984-1999.