Negroes and the Gun The Black Tradition of Arms

Name: Negroes and the Gun The Black Tradition of Arms
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ISBN: 9781616148393

ISBN-10: 161614839X

ISBN-13: 9781616148393

Edition: 2014

Authors: Nicholas Johnson

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Chronicling the underappreciated black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, law professor Nicholas Johnson presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre-Civil War era that demonstrate a willingness of African American men and women to use firearms when necessary to defend their families and communities. From Frederick Douglass's advice to keep "a good revolver" handy as defense against slave catchers to the armed black men who protected Thurgood Marshall, it is clear that owning firearms was commonplace in the black community. Johnson points out that this story has been submerged because it is hard to reconcile with the dominant narrative of nonviolence during the civil…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication date: 1/14/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English

Nicholas Johnson is Assistant Professor in Drama at Trinity College Dublin and co-founder and deputy director of the Samuel Beckett Summer School.