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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | Robert F Williams; Robert F Williams |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert F Williams |
ISBN: | 0814327141 9780814327142 |
OCLC Number: | 38206826 |
Notes: | Originally published: New York : Marzani & Munsell, [c1962]. |
Description: | xxxiv, 89 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction: Robert F. Williams, "black power," and the roots of the African American freedom struggle / by Timothy B. Tyson -- Self-defense prevents bloodshed -- An NAACP chapter is reborn in militancy -- The struggle for militancy in the NAACP -- Non-violence emboldens the racists : a week of terror -- Self-defense prevents a pogrom : racists engineer a kidnapping frameup -- The Monroe case : conspiracy against the Negro -- Self-defense : an American tradition. |
Series Title: | African American life series. |
Responsibility: | Robert F. Williams ; foreword by Gloria House ; introduction by Timothy B. Tyson. |
Abstract:
Examining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers.
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