| Summary |
"Visiting Martin Luther King, Jr. at the peak of the civil rights movement, the journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. One of King's advisors remembered the reverend's home as "an arsenal." Like King, many nonviolent activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protection-yet this crucial dimension of the civil rights struggle has been long ignored. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb, Jr. reveals how nonviolent activists and their allies kept the civil rights movement alive by bearing-and, when necessary, using-firearms. Whether patrolling their neighborhoods, garrisoning their homes, or firing back at attackers, these men and women were crucial to the movement's success, as were the weapons they carried. Drawing on his firsthand experiences in the Southern Freedom Movement and interviews with fellow participants, Cobb offers a controversial examination of the vital role guns have played in securing American liberties."--Publisher information. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: "I come to get my gun" -- "Over my head I see freedom in the air" -- "The day of camouflage is past" -- "Fighting for what we didn't have" -- "I wasn't being non-nonviolent" -- Which cheek you gonna turn? -- Standing our ground -- Epilogue: "The King of love is dead" -- Afterword: Understanding history. |
| Local Note |
Film Archive copy: Annotated by Jon Else. |
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Film Archive copy: From the library of Jon Else. |
| Subjects |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Self-defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Gun control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Subject Keywords |
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. |
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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Civil rights movements. |
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Firearms -- Law and legislation. |
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Gun control. |
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Self-defense. |
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United States. |
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Medborgarrättsrörelser -- historia. |
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Vapenlagstiftning -- historia. |
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Självförsvar -- historia. |
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Förenta staterna. |
| Genre/Form |
History. |
| Local Term |
Else, Jon, 1944- Annotator
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Else, Jon, 1944- Former owner
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| Other Title |
This nonviolent stuff will get you killed |
| ISBN |
9780465033102 (hardback) |
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0465033105 (hardback) |
| OCLC/Bib Util # |
853310550 |
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880889384 936059645 |
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