Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
2004•NR•54m•7.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s. Living with injustice and oppression, many African-Americans advocated a non-violent resistance. Williams took a different tack, urging the oppressed to take up arms. Williams was stripped of his rank as leader of the local NAACP chapter, but he continued to encourage local African-Americans to carry weapons as a means of self-defense. Wanted on a kidnapping charge, Williams and his wife fled to Cuba. His radio show Radio Free Dixie could be heard in some parts of the United States.
Director
Sandra Dickson
Languages
English
Studio
California Newsreel
Cast
Robert F. Williams
Self (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Julian Bond
Self
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