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Radio Free Dixie : Robert F. Williams and the roots of Black power /

"The story of Robert F. Williams shows that independent black politics, black cultural pride, and "armed self-reliance" operated in tension and in tandem with legal efforts and nonviolent protests. Radio Free Dixie reveals that both the civil rights movement and the Black Power moveme...

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Main Author: Tyson, Timothy B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1999.
Subjects and Genres:
Williams, Robert F. > (Robert Franklin), > 1925-1996.
Williams, Robert Franklin, > 1925-
Williams, Robert F. > (Robert Franklin), > 1925-1996
Radio Free Dixie (Radio program)
1900-1999
African American civil rights workers > North Carolina > Monroe > Biography.
Civil rights workers > North Carolina > Monroe > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > North Carolina > Monroe > History > 20th century.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Caroline du Nord > Monroe > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Caroline du Nord > Monroe > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Caroline du Nord > Monroe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Black power > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African American civil rights workers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Black power.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
African Americans > Monroe (N.C.) > Biography.
Reformers > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Black power > History.
Monroe (N.C.) > Race relations.
North Carolina > Monroe.
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
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Summary: "The story of Robert F. Williams shows that independent black politics, black cultural pride, and "armed self-reliance" operated in tension and in tandem with legal efforts and nonviolent protests. Radio Free Dixie reveals that both the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement, often portrayed in clashing terms, grew out of the same soil, confronted the same predicaments, and reflected the same quest for African American freedom."
Physical Description: 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-378) and index.
ISBN: 0807825026
9780807825020
0807847852
9780807847855
9780807849231
0807849235

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