New York: Crowell-Collier Press, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography of this influential historian, educator and author written for young adults by this award-winning writer. Based in part on his private, unpublished papers, this tells the dramatic story of a revolutionary life - a man ahead of his time in his dedication to the ideas of "Freedom Now" and "Black Power", controversial co-founder of the NAACP, a target of the McCarthy witch hunts of the 50s, who died in exile in China. Foreword by Ronald Stevenson. Frontispiece portrait, photographs, bibliography and index. xv, 232 pp. ISBN: 0-027881407.