02525cam a2200361 4500 516981572 TxAuBib 20140110120000.0 120604s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012019601 9781451698091 $27.00 1451698097 $27.00 (OCoLC)793221194 DLC DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Kengor, Paul, 1966- The communist : Frank Marshall Davis : the untold story of Barack Obama's mentor / Paul Kengor. 1st Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink hardcover ed. New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink, 2012. x, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-368) and index. Introduction: Past is prologue -- Growing up Frank -- Atlanta, 1931-32 : The communists swarm to Scottsboro -- Frank's work in the Atlanta Daily World (1931-34) -- Paul Robeson and progressive dupes -- Back to Chicago : "Peace" mobilization and duping the "social justice" religious left -- War time and party time (1943-45) : Frank with CPUSA and Associated Negro Press -- The latter 1940s : Frank and the Chicago crew -- The Chicago Star : Comrades, "progressives," and Soviet agents -- Frank's writings in the Chicago Star (1946-48) -- Frank heads to Hawaii -- Frank in the Honolulu Record (1949-50) : Target: Harry Truman -- Frank in the Honolulu Record (1949-50) : Other targets: from "HUAC" to "profits" to GM -- Frank and the founders -- 1951-57 : Frank on Red China, Korea, Vietnam, and more -- Mr. Davis goes to Washington -- Frank vs. "the Gestapo" -- American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born -- When Frank met Obama -- When Obama leaves Frank : Occidental College -- Frank re-emerges--and the media ignores him -- Conclusion: Echoes of Frank. 20140110. Davis, Frank Marshall 1905-1987. Davis, Frank Marshall 1905-1987. Political and social views. Davis, Frank Marshall 1905-1987. Influence. Obama, Barack Friends and associates. Communist Party of the United States of America History 20th century. African American political activists Biography. Political activists United States Biography. Labor movement United States History 20th century. African American artists Biography. BTCLS