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SUMMARY:Honoring the Legacy of Robert and Mabel Williams (Marcus Books)
DESCRIPTION:Born in Jim Crow–era Monroe\, North Carolina\, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state’s most legendary African American freedom fighters. The Williamses’ leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of freedom and justice for Black people in the United States and for oppressed populations throughout the world. Their activism foreshadowed major developments in the civil rights and Black Power movements\, including Malcolm X’s advocacy of fighting oppression “by any means necessary\,” the emergence of the Black Panther Party\, and Black solidarity with Third World liberation movements. \nRobert documented his experiences in Monroe in his classic 1962 book\, Negroes with Guns\, and completed a draft of his memoir\, While God Lay Sleeping\, months before his death in 1996. Mabel began a memoir of her own before her death in 2014. The family selected John Bracey Jr.\, Akinyele K. Umoja\, and Gloria Aneb House to edit and complete the manuscripts\, which are presented together in this book\, offering a gripping portrait of these pioneering freedom fighters that is both deeply intimate and a fierce call to action in the ongoing fight against racial injustice. \n\n\nSpeaker: Akinyele K. Umoja\, Professor\, Africana Studies\, Georgia State University\nSpeaker: Lisa Williams\, Daughter-in-Law of Robert and Mabel Williams\n\nBooks will be available for purchase.
URL:https://freedomarchives.org/event/honoring-the-legacy-of-robert-and-mabel-williams-book-talk/
LOCATION:Marcus Books\, 3900 Martin L King Jr Way\, Oakland\, California\, 94609
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