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This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

Charles E. Cobb Jr.

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Description: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, OCO King assured him. One of KingOCOs advisors remembered the reverendOCOs home as ?an arsenal.OCO 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 StuffOCOll 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 movementOCOs 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. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible. To get started finding This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Basic Books

Release: 2014

ISBN: 0465080952

Description: 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, OCO King assured him. One of KingOCOs advisors remembered the reverendOCOs home as ?an arsenal.OCO 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 StuffOCOll 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 movementOCOs 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. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible. To get started finding This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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