| The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: The Life and Times of a Black Radical Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hudson, Hosea (Author), Painter, Nell Irvin (Author), Painter, Nell Irvin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393310159 ISBN-13: 9780393310153 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 93013146 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.40 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Born into a Georgia sharecropper family in 1898, Hosea Hudson moved to Birmingham, Alabama, to work in the steel mills in the turbulent 1930s and 1940s and became a member of the Communist Party as well as president of a CIO union local. It was a hard, dangerous life, to be black and communist and pro-union, and Hudson talked about that life to Nell painter, who brilliantly recreates it in this collaborative oral autobiography. |
Contributor Bio(s): Painter, Nell Irvin: - Nell Irvin Painter is the award-winning author of many books, including Sojourner Truth, Southern History Across the Color Line, Creating Black Americans, The History of White People, and Standing at Armageddon. She is currently the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and lives in Newark, New Jersey, and the Adirondacks.Painter, Nell Irvin: - Nell Irvin Painter is the award-winning author of many books, including Sojourner Truth, Southern History Across the Color Line, Creating Black Americans, The History of White People, and Standing at Armageddon. She is currently the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and lives in Newark, New Jersey, and the Adirondacks. |