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The Spirit and the Shotgun - Armed Resistance and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Paperback)
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"Simon Wendt's The Spirit and the Shotgun finally brings the story
of armed self-defense into its rightful place in the history of the
civil rights movement. This well-researched book will deepen our
understanding of the ways in which defensive protection
complemented nonviolent protests in many southern locales. . . . No
other work in the field has outlined the history of armed
self-defense in as complete and compelling a manner."--Renee C.
Romano, Wesleyan University "A really fine contribution to African
American history and to the history of the black struggle for
equality. What makes The Spirit and the Shotgun unique is the scope
of this work. . . . A book all scholars of the movement will want
and need to read."--Harvard I. Sitkoff, University of New Hampshire
The Spirit and the Shotgun explores the role of armed self-defense
in tandem with nonviolent protests in the African American freedom
struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. Confronted with violent attacks by
the Ku Klux Klan and other racist terrorists, southern blacks
adopted Martin Luther King's philosophy of nonviolent resistance as
a tactic, Wendt argues, but at the same time armed themselves out
of necessity and pride. Sophisticated self-defense units patrolled
black neighborhoods, guarded the homes of movement leaders, rescued
activists from harm, and occasionally traded shots with their white
attackers. These patrols enhanced and sustained local movements in
the face of white aggression. They also provoked vigorous debate
within traditionally nonviolent civil rights organizations such as
SNCC, CORE, and the NAACP. This study reevaluates black militants
such as Malcolm X and the Black Panther Party and also appraises
largely unknown protective agencies in Tuscaloosa, Cleveland, and
other locales. Not confined to one state, one organization, or the
best-known activists, this is the first balanced history of armed
self-defense that begins with the southern civil rights movement
and ends with the Black Power era. Drawing on extensive research
from a wide variety of sources to build his case, Wendt argues that
during the Black Power years, armed resistance became largely
symbolic and ultimately counterproductive to the black struggle--no
longer coexisting with peaceful protest in "the spirit and the
shotgun" philosophy that had served the southern movement so
effectively. This is an essential volume for historians and
students of the era.
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