Robert L. Bernstein

Robert L. Bernstein

Robert L. Bernstein (1923-2019) served as the president of Random House for twenty-five years. After being sent to Moscow as part of a delegation of American publishers in 1973, he established the organization that became Human Rights Watch. He was the author of Speaking Freely: My Life in Publishing and Human Rights (The New Press).

Books

Speaking Freely: My Life in Publishing and Human Rights

Speaking Freely by Robert L. Bernstein

Speaking Freely | My Life in Publishing and Human Rights by Robert L. Bernstein is the author's memoir of his fascinating career in publishing, as well as his active roll in the Human Rights movement.  In a book sure to be savored by anyone who has worked in the publishing industry, fought for human rights, or wondered how Theodor Geisel became Dr. Seuss, Speaking Freely beautifully captures a bygone era in the book industry and the first crucial years of a worldwide movement to protect free speech and challenge tyranny around the globe.