Author: Johnson, Howard Eugene
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A Dancer in the Revolution: Stretch Johnson, Harlem Communist at the Cotton Club (Empire State Editions)
Price: $19.98
Publisher: Fordham University Press : April 2014
Seller ID: 92868
ISBN-13: 9780823256532
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
The life of Howard Johnson, nicknamed "Stretch" because of his height (6'5"), epitomizes the cultural and political odyssey of a generation of African Americans who transformed the United States from a closed society to a multiracial democracy. Johnson's long-awaited memoir traces his path from firstborn of a multiclass/multiethnic" family in New Jersey to dancer in Harlem's Cotton Club to communist youth leader and, later, professor of Black studies. A Dancer in the Revolution is a powerful statement about Black resilience and triumph amid subtle and explicit racism in the United States. John...
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