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</font><font face="arial" size=3><i>the center for political education
presents, as part of the <b>History of Resistance film
series</b>:<br><br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=7><b>Let It
Burn</b></font><font face="arial" size=2> <br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=6>Video Interview with <br><br>
Robert F. Williams on Self-defense, <br><br>
Self-determination and <br><br>
the Black Liberation Movement<br><br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=2><b>Thursday, March 4,
2004 @ 7 PM<br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=3>522 Valencia Street (at 16<sup>th</sup>
Street), San Francisco<br>
</b>$5 donation at the door </font><font face="arial" size=2>(no one
turned away for lack of funds)<br><br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=3>A leading figure in the civil rights
movement, Robert F. Williams advocated and practiced armed self-defense
against racist mobs, the KKK, and the police in Monroe, North Carolina in
the 1950s. His refusal to cave in to the white power structure also
pushed him to the top of the U.S. governments most wanted list and into
exile in Cuba and China in the 1960s. While in exile, Williams
continued to fight for Black liberation through his publication The
Crusaderand radio program Radio Free Dixiewhich was broadcast from Cuba
and heard throughout the south. Let It Burnis a video interview
with Williams in Tanzania, conducted by journalist Robert
Cohen.<br><br>
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<b>Introductory comments and a discussion following the video with:<br>
Kali Akuno</b>, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement<br>
<b>Claude Marks</b>, Freedom Archives<br><br>
<i>the center for political education: building strong movements and the
left through education, analysis, theory and activism<br><br>
</i>(415) 431-1918,
<a href="mailto:center@politicaleducation.org">center@politicaleducation.org</a><br><br>
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<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=4>save the date!:<br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=4>The Freedom Archives, East Side Arts
Alliance and Malcolm X Grassroots Organization, along with Hard Knock
Radio and other community activists are sponsoring a moderated dialogue
with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver. This conversation will focus on
the emergence of the Black Power movement, self-defense as a human right,
and their roles as leading women in the Black liberation
struggle.<br><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=5>Sunday, March 14th, 7:00 pm <br>
First Congregational Church - 27th & Harrison in Oakland <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=3><b>$10 donation, $5 students - no one
turned away for lack of funds<br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=3 color="#FF0000">For More Information on
this event, contact:<br>
The Freedom Archives<br>
522 Valencia Street<br>
San Francisco, CA 94110<br>
(415) 863-9977<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=3><a href="http://www.freedomarchives.org/" eudora="autourl">www.freedomarchives.org</a>
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</font><font size=3 color="#FF0000">The Freedom Archives<br>
522 Valencia Street<br>
San Francisco, CA 94110<br>
(415) 863-9977<br>
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