For the past 50 years, Martin Duberman's ground- breaking historical, biographical and memoir writings have established him as a preeminent public intellectual. Duberman is best known for his provocative books about the gay rights movement, as well as acclaimed biographies of singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson and writer and impresario Lincoln Kirstein. The Martin Duberman Reader assembles the core of Duberman's most important and most celebrated writings. It is an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of Duberman's work.