The spirit and the shotgun : armed resistance and the struggle for civil rights
Wendt, SimonAuthor
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
c2007.
This title explores the role of armed self-defence in tandem with non-violent protests in the African American freedom struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. It re-evaluates black militants such as Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party and also appraises largely unknown protective agencies in Tuscaloosa, Cleveland, and other locales. Not confined to one state, one organisation, or the best-known activists, this is the first balanced history of armed self-defence that begins with the southern civil rights movement and ends with the Black Power era.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title explores the role of armed self-defence in tandem with non-violent protests in the African American freedom struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. It re-evaluates black militants such as Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party and also appraises largely unknown protective agencies in Tuscaloosa, Cleveland, and other locales. Not confined to one state, one organisation, or the best-known activists, this is the first balanced history of armed self-defence that begins with the southern civil rights movement and ends with the Black Power era.
Description based on print version record.
Black self-defense and the emergence of nonviolent protest -- Gandhi, God, and guns in Tuscaloosa -- The Deacons for Defense and Justice -- Armed resistance and the Mississippi movement -- Black power and white fear -- Black manhood and the end of nonviolence -- Conclusion.
African Americans
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers
African American political activists
Government, Resistance to
Political violence
Nonviolence
African Americans
Black power
Gender & Ethnic Studies
Social Sciences
Ethnic & Race Studies