Late 1950s
Racial violence / resistanceBook sources
Armed defense against Klan attacks in Monroe
North Carolina; Black residents and NAACP organizers
Zinn describes Robert F. Williams and other residents defending a Black leader’s home from a Klan attack. The account shows why some activists rejected the demand that threatened communities rely only on nonviolence.
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Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H00 at 00:31:25 (approximate; supplied recording)