print email comment close Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power URL: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/negroeswithguns/ Description: Companion website to an Independent Lens documentary about Robert F. Williams, "the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged African Americans to arm themselves against violent racists." Features a biography of Williams (1925-1996), sound clips from the radio program broadcast from Cuba by Williams and his wife in the 1960s ("Radio Free Dixie"), questions and answers with the filmmaker, and links to related websites. Publisher: Independent Television Service (ITVS) Extra Keywords Public Broadcasting Service PBS black NAACP civil rights KKK Ku Klux Klan Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American civil rights workers African Americans -- History Black power People Williams, Robert Franklin, 1925-1996 LII Database Information: Record 20640 created by Jennifer English on 02/13/2006 Last modification on 02/15/2006 Published: 02/16/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20640