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. Under the leadership of Robert F. Williams
(1925-1996), Monroe became the test case of the right of blacks to
armed self-defense when law and order broke down.
In 1961 Williams was framed for kidnapping and had to flee the
country with his family. From exile in Cuba, Williams told his
story of the Monroe case to Marc Schleifer in a three-hour
interview, beginning with his return to his home town of Monroe in
1955 as a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, when he joined the
local chapter of the NAACP. Williams described his involvement,
supplemented by material from Williams' articles and editorials
featured in the newsletter, The Crusader -- which Williams and his
wife Mabel continued to publish in Cuba for a circulation of
thousands -- and an interview with John Schultz first published in
Studies on the Left. These materials became Negroes with Guns.
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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