Honoring Robert F. Williams (Brother Rob), Mabel Williams, and Negroes With Guns - Part 11 of 15
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Part 11 of 15\r
Question & Answer Session, *after* watching the film Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, featuring panelists: Reverend John C. Williams (Son of Robert F. Williams), Dr. Gloria House aka Aneb Kgositsile (Scholar-Activist and Author), and General Gordon Baker, Jr. (Founding Member: League of the Revolutionary Black Workers).\r
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This video clip was recorded on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Liberation Film Series presentation of Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power featuring speakers: Reverend John Williams, Dr. Gloria House (aka Aneb Kgositsile), and General Gordon Baker, Jr. along with a special appearance by Mabel Williams (Widow of Robert F. Williams) and the presentation of a resolution honoring the Williams family, by Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI.\r
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[The film . Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power told . the dramatic story of the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged African Americans to arm themselves against violent racists. In doing so, Williams not only challenged the Klan-dominated establishment of his hometown of Monroe, North Carolina, he alienated the mainstream Civil Rights Movement, which advocated peaceful resistance. Directed by Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts.]\r
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Question & Answer Session, *after* watching the film Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power, featuring panelists: Reverend John C. Williams (Son of Robert F. Williams), Dr. Gloria House aka Aneb Kgositsile (Scholar-Activist and Author), and General Gordon Baker, Jr. (Founding Member: League of the Revolutionary Black Workers).\r
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This video clip was recorded on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at the Liberation Film Series presentation of Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power featuring speakers: Reverend John Williams, Dr. Gloria House (aka Aneb Kgositsile), and General Gordon Baker, Jr. along with a special appearance by Mabel Williams (Widow of Robert F. Williams) and the presentation of a resolution honoring the Williams family, by Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 E. Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI.\r
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[The film . Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power told . the dramatic story of the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged African Americans to arm themselves against violent racists. In doing so, Williams not only challenged the Klan-dominated establishment of his hometown of Monroe, North Carolina, he alienated the mainstream Civil Rights Movement, which advocated peaceful resistance. Directed by Sandra Dickson and Churchill Roberts.]\r
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For more information, please visit: \r
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