Negroes with Guns Paperback – March 1, 2013

A book every black man who wants to understand the second amendment and how it relates to black people should read. Its a quick read and gives a powerful perspective on the civil rights movement that isn't told at all. Not everyone was holding hands and singing we shall overcome, some black men and women had rifles and defended themselves valiantly during such evil and trying times.

I would recommend this volume for the two essays that preface Robert Williams’s story, even if his forthright and compelling account were not so searingly spot on.“The first witness to speak always seems correct, until another shall question him,” says Proverbs, and the old book was never more right.Sensible whites will find this account difficult to read, but the sources of our discomfort we should not fear to illuminate, on race most especially, of all issues.The African Diaspora in these United States will (again, today) be appalled and saddened at how very far they have not come; Williams is worth their discomfort, too.

This in depth rendition of the Robert F. Williams saga supplemented the little "Radio Free Dixie" book that was written in the 1960s by Williams. Negroes With Guns is a much more complete story, which covers the broader context and finishes Williams' story through his exile to Mao's China, his return to the US and his ultimate death.I have been involved in most progressive movements since the Vietnam War, and had mentors from the early non-violent Civil Rights movement, but I was unaware of both the extent and the success of the armed black resistance movement that was contemporary with the better publicized SCLC/SNCC movement of MLK et al.Highly recommended.

Truly eye-opening book on a American historical event that took place that is not mainstream information. It reconciles the tension between passive non-violent self defense when possible with violent self defense when necessary. This should be a requirement for all high school history students (especially African American students) to see a viewpoint that could reveal both historical perspectives of the Civil Rights struggle of both active and passive defense.

I've had some scary encounters with people that didn't think I belonged her because of my tan. I decided to be informed about my right to have arms. I'm enjoying this text and sadly reminded that the past is coming back due to ignorance and fear. I will not allow myself to be hurt due to another's ignorance.

Written in a time when the struggle for equality at home flew in the face of our nation's claim to have a mandate for freeing the oppressed in other parts of the world, but not at home. Still engaging in light of the murder of John Crawford III by Beavercreek cop Sean Williams in a Wal-Mart in 2014

The author, Robert F. Williams, was like any other African American man of his generation and time period. He had just returned home to Monroe, North Carolina from serving in the United States Military only to fight a war on the homefront.I was assigned to read this book for my 20th Century American History class in college and it's a crucial part of a non-fiction account in explaining how life was in the South during the Jim Crow laws and segregration in the 1950s until the Civil Rights movement was in full force.The author writes from his point of view in a convincing and persuasive style in order to help defend his right and others to bear arms in the South and the NRA did support his right. In his home town of Monroe, North Carolina, African Americans were subjected to horrors of abuse and their perpetrators (almost always Caucasian) would get away from law enforcement.Williams writes that he doesn't support violence with violence. No, he argues that for African Americans in his community, the right to bear arms and defend themselves is necessary since law enforcement, government agencies, and even the Monroe Police Department failed to defend their citizens based on race.The stories here are true and horrifying about injustice to African Americans during this period. This book should be mandatory reading for everybody in the United States with regards to studying civil rights.

This book is one of several that refute the notion that our nation's tradition of firearms is solely the province of the white man. Black people in this country used guns, enjoyed guns, and all too often needed guns for self-defense, especially in situations where law enforcement was in cahoots with local racist elements. I recommend it to one and all.

Everyone should have this book. Tells a read story of the civil rights movement. You will never hear in the so-called main-stream.

During the civil rights movement the popular opinion of the daywas that Black People should suffer in silence with non violentprotests and Peace march's.Robert F.Williams decided that its not that timeand organized the Black People of Monroe county north Carolinainto armed Resistance.

Excellent read. Black self respect at it's finest.

Really insightful - while I can't say it was an enjoyable read (only due to the subject matter, not the writing style or quality) it gave me a lot to think about and really made me reassess my interpretation of the civil rights movement.

Absolutely remarkable book. I can't believe I have missed this important historic and inspirational document until now. Brilliantly written. Lucid and pithy.

I am only about a third of the way through the book and I am reading it every chance I get. I highly recommend it to everyone. This is a chapter in American history that has been neglected in the standard history texts of yesterday and today.

Great book, especially if you are a POC.