Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of this great African American singer, actor and outspoken advocate of racial equality written 9 years before the end of his life, when he was in poor health and living mostly in isolation. It follows his rise to international prominence and his rejection in America, even by prominent civil rights organizations because of his belief that Communism as established in the Soviet Union offered a chance of racial equality. 228 pp.