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Negroes with Guns

By: Robert F. Williams
Narrated by: John Riddle
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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.

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Truth

Most people don’t know this history the way states are making laws about history they won’t

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What is critical race theory?

This story is told from the perspective of one man and his experiences. Robert F Williams puts the law in America in perspective, and allows us to analyze how it is applied both past and present ation

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Neglected Civil Rights activist and his story

Huge eye opener for me. Robert Williams used armed resistance in self defense to preserve the life and limbs of freedom riders and activists who were being attacked by the Ku Klux Klan. In this quote Mr. Williams explains his methodology of self defense:

"The existence of violence is at the very heart of a racist system. The Afro-American militant is a 'militant' because he defends himself, his family, his home and his dignity. He does not introduce violence into a racist social system--the violence is already there and has always been there. It is precisely the unchallenged violence that allows a racist social system to perpetuate itself. When people say they are opposed to Negroes "resorting to violence" what they really mean is that they are opposed to Negroes defending themselves and challenging the exclusive monopoly of violence practiced by white racists."

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I had no idea! Very engaging

I don’t know nearly enough of this side of history. It’s worth the read to be reminded what a few fought the many to stop

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Interesting story

Compelling story on race and self defense. And a reminder that the Constitution is for all Americans

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