Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814736487)

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.

Author: Gerald Horne
ISBN-10: 0814736483
ISBN-13: 9780814736487
Publisher: New York University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2002
Pages: 363
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.64h x 6.40w x 0.98d