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New Negro, Old Left
New Negro Old Left
Author: William J. Maxwell
Howard "Stretch" Johnson, a charismatic Harlemite who graduated from Cotton Club dancer to Communist Party youth leader, once claimed that in late 1930s New York "75% of black cultural figures had Party membership or maintained regular meaningful contact with the Party." He stretched the truth, but barely. In a broad-ranging, revisionary account...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780231114240
ISBN-10: 0231114249
Publication Date: 7/15/1999
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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