who was frank marshall davis? >> frank marshall davis was born in kansas 1905, died and made you and 87. ended up in chicago and ultimately honolulu and that's where he would meet a young man named barack obama in the 70s. he was introduced by obama's grandfather, stanley dunham. i should back up a little bit. he was african-american. he was a republican from the time of lincoln to fdr. remarkably what so far to the left that during world war ii he joined the communist party. he joined communist party u.s.a. a lot of american communists never joined communist party u.s.a. you literally sworn allegiance to the soviet union, and you committed yourself to a communist party u.s.a. caught a soviet american republic. so davis really went to the other side and after that ended up editing -- he was the founding editor-in-chief of the communist party publication of chicago, the chicago star was a down the line pro-soviet pro-stalin publication. did that for two years and then went off to honolulu was a columnist for the rec

who was frank marshall davis? >> he was born in kansas 1905 died 1987 and ended up in chicago ultimately honolulu where he would meet a young man named rocco bomb in the 1970's. he was introduced by his grandfather stanley dunham and i should back up a little bit, ed davis was african-american come early in his life he was a republican as a lot of black americans were from lincoln through fdr and then became part of the of progressive left that is a long complicated story in the book then went so far to the left during world war ii he joined the communist party usa. that is a big deal because there were a lot of american communists who never joined communist party usa when you do that you literally swore in allegiance to the soviet union, the stalinist soviet union and you committed yourself to what communist party usa that was the soviet american republic. so davis really went to the other side. after that he ended up and was the founding editor in chief of the communist party publication in chicago that was the

who was frank marshall davis? >> he was born in kansas 1905 died 1987 and ended up in chicago then