The Lonely Warrior The Life And Times Of Robert S Abbott Roi Ottley by Roi Ottley 9780997672404, 9781520726267, 0997672404, 1520726260 instant download after payment.

I never met or saw Robert S. Abbott, the subject of this biography. I knew him only by his reputation, which was in full flower when I worked as an editor for New York’s Amsterdam News, a Negro newspaper. This fact, I believe, has given me enough objectivity toward the man to see the lights and shadows. What is described in this book has been gathered from a multitude of sources—principally, his writings, interviews, fragmentary papers he left, and of course the columns of the Chicago Defender.

Son of ex-slaves, Abbott passed from small-town obscurity to national preeminence, due neither to great wealth nor hereditary status, but by sheer character, determination and imagination. He was a crusading journalist, who ultimately developed into a national leader, and, in the process, became a millionaire. As a newspaper editor, he influenced and molded the opinions of millions of Negroes in the United States, and therefore his career is of  unique interest—indeed, his extraordinary achievement is a triumphant American success story.