My Song: A Memoir of Art, Race & Defiance Book

Written with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Schnayerson My Song is an inspiring story of performance and protest from a superstar singer and actor who was on the front lines of practically every progressive political battle in modern memory. Along the way he befriended some of the most influential figures of the 20th century from Tony Curtis Marlon Brando and Sidney Poitier to Martin Luther King the Kennedys Eleanor Roosevelt Fidel Castro James Baldwin Bob Dylan and Nelson Mandela. From his impoverished childhood in Harlem and Jamaica through his meteoric rise as an international calypso star provocative crossover into Hollywood where he broke down many racial barriers passionate lifelong involvement in the civil rights movement and myriad other social causes to his personal struggles and rich friendships this is a remarkable multifaceted and hugely inspirational story. "A man whose story should be told for generations to come" (Robert Redford)Read More