Negroes with Guns

Description:

"First published in 1962, Negroes with Guns is the story of a southern black community's struggle to arm itself in self-defense against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups. Frustrated and angered by violence condoned or abetted by the local authorities against blacks, the small community of Monroe, North Carolina, brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the civil rights movement. The single most important intellectual influence on Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, Negroes with Guns is a classic story of a man who risked his life for democracy and freedom" --

subjects: History,  Civil rights,  African Americans,  Race relations,  Violence,  Self-defense,  African americans, civil rights,  African americans, social conditions,  United states, race relations,  United states, history,  Black militant organizations,  Black power

People: Robert Franklin Williams (1925-)

Places: North Carolina,  Monroe,  Monroe (N.C.)

Times: 20th century