Syndicated television and radio host. Serial liar. Pioneering
journalist. Convicted criminal. Close ally of Malcolm X and Martin
Luther King Jr. Publicity-seeking provocateur. Louis Lomax's life
was a study in contradiction. In this biography, Thomas Aiello
traces the complicated and fascinating arc of Lomax's life and
career, showing how the contradictions, tumult, and inconsistencies
that marked his life reflected those of 1960s America. Aiello takes
readers from Lomax's childhood in the Deep South to his early
confidence schemes to his emergence as one of the loudest and most
influential voices of the civil rights movement. Regardless of what
political position he happened to take at any given moment, Lomax
preached “the art of deliberate disunity,” in which the path to
democracy could only be achieved through a diversity of opinions.
Engaging and broad in scope, The Life and Times of Louis Lomax is
the definitive study of one of the civil rights era's most
complicated, important, and overlooked figures.
General
Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2021 |
Firstpublished: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Thomas Aiello
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4780-1068-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-4780-1068-1 |
Barcode: |
9781478010685 |
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