Portrays a rare side of "the black experience" with fire, some bitterness, and a great deal of humor. Cayton's activities as runaway seaman, unknowing handyman in an Alaskan brothel, strike-breaker and union organizer, sociologist, lecturer, and reporter at the United Nations, make a fascinating story, the absorbing record of an intelligent, sensitive, proud man struggling to find a place for himself amid the conflict of black and white in America.
Portrays a rare side of "the black experience" with fire, some bitterness, and a great deal of humor. Cayton's activities as runaway seaman, unknowing handyman in an Alaskan brothel, strike-breaker and union organizer, sociologist, lecturer, and reporter at the United Nations, make a fascinating story, the absorbing record of an intelligent, sensitive, proud man struggling to find a place for himself amid the conflict of black and white in America.