We will shoot back : armed resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement
Akinyele Omowale Umoja (Author)
Reconstructs the use of armed resistance by Black activists and supporters in Mississippi to challenge racist terrorism, segregation, and fight for human rights and political empowerment
History
1 online resource
9780814725474, 0814725473
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Terror and resistance : foundations of the civil rights insurgency
"I'm here, not backing up" : emergence of grassroots militancy and armed self-defense in the 1950s
"Can't give up my stuff" : nonviolent organizations and armed resistance
"Local people carry the day" : freedom summer and challenges to nonviolence in Mississippi
"Ready to die and defend" : Natchez and the advocacy and emergence of armed resistance in Mississippi
"We didn't turn no jaws" : Black power, boycotts, and the growing debate on armed resistance
"Black revolution has come" : armed insurgency, Black power, and revolutionary nationalism in the Mississippi freedom struggle
"No longer afraid" : the United League, activist litigation, armed self-defense, and insurgent resilience in northern Mississippi