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1 feb 2001 · Books. Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power. This book tells the remarkable story of Robert F. Williams--one of the most influential black activists of the generation that toppled Jim Crow and forever altered the arc of American history. In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina,
On February 26, we celebrate the birthday of Robert F. Williams, a pioneering fighter for Black rights who advocated armed Black self-defense against the racist violence of the Jim Crow south. Rob Williams was born in 1925 in Monroe, North Carolina. Growing up he saw and experienced violent treatment of Black people on the streets of his hometown.
This book tells the riveting story of controversial black activist Robert F. Williams (1925-1996). In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, NAACP, Williams organized armed resistance to KKK terrorists--in the process challenging not only white supremacists but also Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights establishment.
Robert F. Williams .html. Robert Franklin Williams: A Warrior For Freedom, 1925-1996 By Timothy B. Tyson When Rosa Parks spoke at Robert Williams' funeral in Monroe, North Carolina on October 22, 1996, she said those who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama admired Williams "for his courage and his commitment to freedom.
On the night of 27 August 1961, Robert F. Williams and his family escaped from Monroe, North Carolina, hours before a seemingly inevitable armed showdown between Williams’s foll
28 ott 2009 · To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit:http://newsreel.org/video/NEGROES-WITH-GUNS"Negroes with Guns" is th...
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Robert F. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and broke dramatic new ground by internationalizing the African American struggle. Negroes with Guns is not only an electrifying look at an historically erased leader, but also provides a thought-provoking examination of Black radicalism and resistance and serves as a launching pad for the study of Black liberation philosophies.
