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Black on Red: My 44 Years Inside the Soviet Union: An Autobiography
An Autobiography Robert Robinson
Hardcover
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436 pages
Published
December 31st 1988
by Acropolis Books (NY)
(first published May 1988)
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Some years ago, I read Black On Red: My 44 Years Inside The Soviet Union, a book by Robert Robinson, An African-American who lived in Detroit during the Depression. I had to read it again, for it is about as gripping an autobiography as one can find. Hired in 1927 as a floor sweeper by Ford Motor Company, he became a toolmaker there. In April 1930, through Amtorg, a Soviet trade agency based in New York, a Russian delegation toured the plant. A Russian asked if he would like to work in the Sovie
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I loved this book. Robinson's voice was objective and sincere and he provided a valuable insight into life in a Soviet country during communism. The story is of a black man who spent 44 years living in (and trying to get out of) Russia. Certainly he focuses on the way he, as a black man, was treated, but I found that to be less prominent than the account of everyday aspects of communist Russia. Very engaging, worth your time to read if you have any interest at all in Russia and/or the former Sov
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Another book I was through quite quickly. I have become absolutely fascinated with the former Soviet Union and what the past (and possibly present) goings on are in Russia. Socialism is a very scary thing. We must not let this happen in our country - but it's scary how people are so easily brainwashed. A lot to think about. And then to have the whole racism issue to deal with besides.
The true and interesting story of a young Black who was offered a chance to escape the bigotry and oppression of the USA for the promise of equality on the USSR, only to find bigotry and oppression in a different form behind the iron curtain.
Dec 10, 2009
Michael
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National Review Magazine
This should be required reading for all students, but especially minority students who think they and their ancestors have been treated worse than they would have been elsewhere.
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