Negroes with Guns
By: Robert F. Williams ; foreword by Gloria House ; introduction by Timothy B. Tyson.
Series: African American life series
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Williams, Robert Franklin, 1925-; African Americans -- Civil rights -- North Carolina -- Monroe -- History -- 20th century.; Violence -- North Carolina -- Monroe -- History -- 20th century.; Self-defense -- North Carolina -- Monroe -- History -- 20th century.; Monroe (N.C.) -- Race relations.
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" --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: New York : Marzani & Munsell, [c1962].