Louise Thompson Patterson : a life of struggle for justice / Keith Gilyard.

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Gilyard, Keith, 1952- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
xii, 302 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Born in 1901, Louise Thompson Patterson was a leading and transformative figure in radical African American politics. Throughout most of the twentieth century she embodied a dedicated resistance to racial, economic, and gender exploitation. In this, the first biography of Patterson, Keith Gilyard tells her compelling story, from her childhood on the West Coast, where she suffered isolation and persecution, to her participation in the Harlem Renaissance and beyond. In the 1930s and 1940s she became central, along with Paul Robeson, to the labor movement, and later, in the 1950s, she steered proto-black-femmist activities. Patterson was also crucial to the efforts in the 1970s to free political prisoners, most notably Angela Davis. In the 1980s and 1990s she continued to work as a progressive activist and public intellectual. To read her story is to witness the courage, sacrifice, vision, and discipline of someone who spent decades working to achieve justice and liberation tor all. Book jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780822369851 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0822369850 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 9780822369929 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    • 0822369923 ((paperback ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2017015438
    OCLC
    968184938
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