Negroes with Guns

There are few things more infuriating and radicalizing than reading about American history.......more

I believe this quote best summarizes why this book is the bomb...and why Robert Williams was ahead of his time in identifying flexible armed defensive AND non-violent demonstration as case-specific and dynamic based on the circumstances you find yourself dissenting. "The existence of violence is at t......more

This book is a striking account of the emergence of modern Black militancy in the mid-20th Century, centered in tiny Monroe, North Carolina. It encapsulates the debate concerning the efficacy of non-violent direct action (as advanced by Dr. King) in bringing about the liberation of Black people in t......more

Woah - So helpful to learn from the past, and to get into primary sources like this book. I appreciated this synopsis of William's worldview at the end of the book: "Robert Williams sources are not European. His ideas are pure expressions of his social existence as a Southern Negro." Williams writes......more

Negroes with Guns is an account of how Robert F. Williams arrived at this belief in armed self-defense. To be clear, Robert never called for violent provocation by black individuals, “I do not mean that Negroes should go out and attempt to get revenge for mistreatments or injustices,” he advocated f......more