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Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

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ID #: 
67
Film Type: 
DVD
Playing Time: 
53 min.
Release Date: 
2005
Color or BW: 
Color and B&W
Description: 
Robert Williams' insistence on armed self-defense in response to racist terrorism inspired hundreds of followers, yet his story has been margnalized orerased from Civil Rights history. Neroes with Guns revives the powerful words and actions of this legendary Black leader and restoreshim to his central place in the Black struggle for dignity and human rights.
Keywords: 
Black Power Movement., Civil Rights fighter, racist terrorism, Robert F. Williams