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A dancer in the revolution Stretch Johnson, Harlem communist at the Cotton Club /

"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 m...

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Main Author: Johnson, Howard Eugene, 1915-2000.
Other Authors: Johnson, Wendy, 1943-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2014.
Physical Description: xxiv, 191 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Johnson, Howard Eugene, -- 1915-2000.
Communist Party of the United States of America. -- Harlem Section -- History.
Cotton Club -- History.
Communists -- United States -- Biography.
Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
Tap dancers -- United States -- Biography.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

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