Pure Fire: Self-Defense as Activism in the Civil Rights Era
"A well-researched contribution to the history of the civil rights and Black Power movements, arguing that the role of self-defense in the modern civil rights struggle has been misunderstood. Like John Dittmer, Charles Payne, Adam Fairclough, and Timothy Tyson, Christopher Strain gives attention to the local people who were the backbone of the civil rights struggle, transcending the grand narrative that focuses on national leaders and national organizations."--Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, author ofBlack Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity