Robert M. Farnsworth

Robert M. Farnsworth is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Missouri, Kansas City and an author in the genres: Autobiography/Biography, Missouri, Literary Criticism. He has written about many prominent civil rights activists including Melvin Tolson. His published works include:

* "Richard Wright, Impressions and Perspectives" (co-edited with David Ray), University of Michigan Press, 1973.

* Edited with afterword, "Melvin B. Tolson's A Gallery of Harlem Portraits", University of Missouri Press, 1982.

* Edited with introduction, "Caviar and Cabbbage: Selected Columns by Melvin B. Tolson from the Washington Tribune, 1937-1944", University of Missouri Press, 1982.

* "Melvin B. Tolson, 1898-1966: Plain Talk and Poetic Prophecy", University of Missouri Press, 1984.
* Edited with commentary, "Edgar Snow's Journey South of the Clouds", University of Missouri Press, 1991.

He currently resides with his wife Sylvia in Kansas City, MO where he is currently working on a biography of Leon M. Jordan, the founder of Freedom Incorporated, an African American political organization in Kansas City.

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