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Sto caricando le informazioni... Negroes With Gunsdi Robert F. Williams
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Robert F. Williams' "Negroes With Guns" is a concise history of the struggle for social equality at the base of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. It provides a much needed contrast to the heavily promoted watered-down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. narrative - not to discount Dr. King's efforts, he was more radical than we are commonly led to believe. Monroe, North Carolina native Robert Williams was a U.S. Marine/WWII veteran. Due to his upbringing and military service, Williams espoused trust in "the letter of the law" until equal enforcement of the law and American judicial system failed his community. Following the trial and acquittal of a white man who assaulted and attempted to sexually assault a pregnant African American woman at her home, her community was incensed by the outcome and angry at Williams for advising them to allow the authorities to handle the incident. After exhausting other feasible options as an NAACP leader, NRA member, and military veteran Williams elected to exercise his Second Amendment right to take up arms (as an effective means defense of self and others) against racist white citizens and law enforcement officers who failed to protect or threatened lives of African Americans in the town of Monroe. "Negroes With Guns" is Williams' account of the process that led his community toward armed resistance against what would today be labeled a form of domestic terrorism, although such behavior was socially acceptable in various circles in mid-twentieth century America. It is a succinct narrative written in Standard American English primarily using quotidian vernacular. This work also influenced members of the Black Panther Party's leadership in the decades following its publication. "Negroes With Guns" is an informative and provocative read. Some passages may tug at the reader's emotions evoking anger and laughter. Williams does a service to the United States and its history by documenting events that vividly captures the zeitgeist of mid-twentieth century American society with candor and integrity. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Contains two essays by Martin Luther King Jr. concerning the role of violence in the civil rights movement. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Robert Williams organized armed self-defense against the racist violence of the Ku Klux Klan. This is the story of his movement, first established in Monroe, NC. As prologue, the issues raised by events in Monroe are weighted by Truman Nelson and Martin Luther King Jr. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)975.6History and Geography North America Southeastern U.S. North CarolinaClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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I first heard of this through libertarian/patriot circles. Now that I've read it, I'm not sure which side they were on, if they were showing an example of why everyone needs gun rights, or if it was a warning against empowering blacks leading to communism. There certainly is leftist undertones, which may upset some readers, but its real, and that's what matters. ( )