Black on Red by Robert Robinson7/4/2023 He sought publication for his book only after his U.S. He said he feared that any minute his quarters could be searched, his writing confiscated and he would be charged with subversive activity against the government. I would not dare keep a journal,” Robinson said. He kept no notebook or diary while he was in the Soviet Union. While there, however, he said, he was able to create 27 industrial inventions in the First State Ball Bearing Factory in Moscow.Ī toolmaker and engineer by trade, Robinson said he felt freer working there than in the United States, where his American co-workers sabotaged his machinery. In a recent interview Robinson said he hopes his book will enlighten the world about the oppressive nature of the Soviet society he saw between 19. Robert Robinson was a perfect example of that.” They could work in positions in the Soviet Union that they could never hold in the U.S. They were leaving the Depression behind to find a place where they could find a job. “There were those who went purely for economic reasons. “The minority of the black people who went in the ’20s and ’30s went for political reasons,” Blakely said. American Express rose 25 cents a share to $31.125, Pfizer rose 62.5 cents a share to $57.125, Dow Chemical was up $1.25 a share at $90.875 and Sara Lee was up 62.5 cents a share at $48. In trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the prices of all four companies’ stocks rose.
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