Born in 1901, Louise Thompson Patterson was a leading and transformative figure in radical African American politics.
In the 1930s and 1940s she beca.
In this, the first biography of Patterson, Keith Gilyard tells her compelling story, from her childhood on the West Coast, where she suffered isolation and persecution, to her participation in the Harlem Renaissance and beyond.
Throughout most of the twentieth century she embodied a dedicated resistance to racial, economic, and gender exploitation.
Born in 1901, Louise Thompson Patterson was a leading and transformative figure in radical African American politics