Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black PowerThis 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, |
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User Review - magonistarevolt - LibraryThingThis book is a fantastic read about a particularly amazing person, and the horrific circumstances of the Jim Crow South. It takes as its thesis that the traits of the Black Power movement in the 70s ... Read full review
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User Review - patricia_poland - LibraryThingIn later years, Williams would admit that he wasn't sure who dragged the negro woman down the street with her dress over her head, however, because Jesse Helms, Sr. was in a position of authority ... Read full review
Contents
The Legacies | 4 |
Wars for Democracy | 26 |
Id Rather Die and Go to Well | 49 |
The Kissing Case | 90 |
Communist Front Shouts Kissing Case to the World | 102 |
The Sissy Race of All Mankind | 137 |
Crusaders | 189 |
Cuba Libre | 220 |
When Fire Breaks Out | 244 |
Freedom Rider | 262 |
Radio Free Dixie | 287 |
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Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power Timothy B. Tyson Limited preview - 1999 |
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| Title | Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power |
| Author | Timothy B. Tyson |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0807849235, 9780807849231 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage Biography & Autobiography / Political History / United States / 20th Century Political Science / Civil Rights |
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