Radio Free Dixie Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power

Name: Radio Free Dixie Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
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ISBN: 9780807849231

ISBN-10: 0807849235

ISBN-13: 9780807849231

Edition: 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Timothy B. Tyson

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This book tells the remarkable story of Robert F. Williams--one of the most influential black activists of the generation that toppled Jim Crow and forever altered the arc of American history. In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, branch of the NAACP, Williams and his followers used machine guns, dynamite, and Molotov cocktails to confront Klan terrorists. Advocating "armed self-reliance" by blacks, Williams challenged not only white supremacists but also Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights establishment. Forced to flee during the 1960s to Cuba--where he broadcast "Radio Free Dixie," a program of black politics and music that could be heard as far away as…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/5/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction: On Trembling Earth



The Legacies



Wars for Democracy



I'd Rather Die and Go to Hell



The Kissing Case



Communist Front Shouts Kissing Case to the World



The Sissy Race of All Mankind



Crusaders



Cuba Libre



When Fire Breaks Out



Freedom Rider


Conclusion: Radio Free Dixie


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index


A section of illustrations follows