Black Radical: The Education of an American Revolutionary

The sequel to Nelson Peery's memoir Black Fire, this book covers the postwar years and the story of Peery's struggle for racial and economic equality, having returned to the US as a black WWII veteran. Peery joined the Communist Party in 1946 and went underground', living in many different cities all over the US and meeting many famous people, all described in the book: Leadbelly, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Malcolm X and many more.'