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.
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A southern black community’s struggle to defend itself against racist groups.
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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.
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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By Andre M.
Format:Paperback
This is a raw, powerful book about an aspect of the Civil Rights movement that your history teacher was not likely to have told you. Contrary to popular belief, the Civil Rights movement was not all about Dr. King and nonviolence (with all due respect). Robert Williams preached and practiced armed self-defense against the powers that be. Read his story and learn. It will shock and inspire you (this book also inspired Huey Newton and the Black Panther movement). For more about this unsung hero, read Timothy Tyson's "Radio Free Dixie."
26 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By Kilted Dad
Format:Paperback
There is much being said about gun ownership and the Second Amendment. Robert Williams book clearly illustrates why even in out "civilized" age that the protection of you and your family depends upon you.
Williams found out about this the hard way when the police refused to assist him against a racist onslaught, but also when the NAACP turned on him too and revoked his NAACP charter for using a gun to save himself from being lynched!
Who would have thought that it would be the the NRA that would come to the aid of Williams and his beleaguered people?
Not exactly the image that the media would like us to have of the NRA, or the NAACP for that matter.
Please do not let the injustice that this man and his family suffered or the painful lessons learned here go to waste!
Read this book and take it's lessons to heart.
Williams found out about this the hard way when the police refused to assist him against a racist onslaught, but also when the NAACP turned on him too and revoked his NAACP charter for using a gun to save himself from being lynched!
Who would have thought that it would be the the NRA that would come to the aid of Williams and his beleaguered people?
Not exactly the image that the media would like us to have of the NRA, or the NAACP for that matter.
Please do not let the injustice that this man and his family suffered or the painful lessons learned here go to waste!
Read this book and take it's lessons to heart.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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The author, Robert F. Williams, was like any other African American man of his generation and time period. He had just returned home to Monroe, North Carolina from serving in the United States Military only to fight a war on the homefront.
I was assigned to read this book for my 20th Century American History class in college and it's a crucial part of a non-fiction account in explaining how life was in the South during the Jim Crow laws and segregration in the 1950s until the Civil Rights movement was in full force.
The author writes from his point of view in a convincing and persuasive style in order to help defend his right and others to bear arms in the South. In his home town of Monroe, North Carolina, African Americans were subjected to horrors of abuse and their perpetrators (almost always Caucasian) would get away from law enforcement.
Williams writes that he doesn't support violence with violence. No, he argues that for African Americans in his community, the right to bear arms and defend themselves is necessary since law enforcement, government agencies, and even the Monroe Police Department failed to defend their citizens based on race.
The stories here are true and horrifying about injustice to African Americans during this period. This book should be mandatory reading for everybody in the United States with regards to studying civil rights.
I was assigned to read this book for my 20th Century American History class in college and it's a crucial part of a non-fiction account in explaining how life was in the South during the Jim Crow laws and segregration in the 1950s until the Civil Rights movement was in full force.
The author writes from his point of view in a convincing and persuasive style in order to help defend his right and others to bear arms in the South. In his home town of Monroe, North Carolina, African Americans were subjected to horrors of abuse and their perpetrators (almost always Caucasian) would get away from law enforcement.
Williams writes that he doesn't support violence with violence. No, he argues that for African Americans in his community, the right to bear arms and defend themselves is necessary since law enforcement, government agencies, and even the Monroe Police Department failed to defend their citizens based on race.
The stories here are true and horrifying about injustice to African Americans during this period. This book should be mandatory reading for everybody in the United States with regards to studying civil rights.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book! A must read
Stories like this one are never talked about when discussing the civil rights era. Strong black men who didn't advocate violence but were willing to pick up the gun and defend... Read more
Published 3 months ago by See59
5.0 out of 5 stars
Should be a must read..
This book should be required for anyone with any interest in modern American History, history of American Culture and Race Relations, or anyone who has any desire to study or get... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert A Piagentini
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real Men
A very good book about racial tension during the 1950-1960s. It was written by Marine veteran Robert Williams who organized other men of African descent to protect themselves and... Read more
Published on April 5, 2009 by Honest
4.0 out of 5 stars
To Be A Man!
Mr. William's account of what he and BLACK folk in and around Monroe, NC were faced with is very instructional. Mr. Read more
Published on December 2, 2006 by andre insan-muhammad
5.0 out of 5 stars
whats up with that
This book only has 86 pages on the site it says that this book has 128 whats up with that is this to political thats why there was a shortage of pages and even books someone get... Read more
Published on April 8, 2002 by omega man
5.0 out of 5 stars
Read the book and I met the Man
Robert F. Williams is a man who is forgotten in most histories of The Civil Rights Movement. He talked and practiced self-defense before Malcolm X became a household name. Read more
Published on March 26, 2002 by rodog63jr
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Work reveals little know portion of history
We rarely hear about black people defending themselves. This book historically demonstrates that minorities must have the ability to protect themselves from the tyranny of the... Read more
Published on February 17, 2001 by traderje
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