89 pages

English language

Published March 3, 1998 by Wayne State University Press.

ISBN:
9780814327142
OCLC Number:
38206826

View on OpenLibrary

4 stars (1 review)

3 editions

This needs to be a movie

4 stars

It was not particularly well written, Williams is a solider not an author, but the story was great. I had never heard it before, and I think its a story that needs to be told. Someone should really make a movie of they Veteran who returns to his medium sized hometown from an integrated Army to a segregated community. The NAACP had given up on Monroe, there was nothing that could be gained, but Robert voted against dissolution and they make him chair. He also gets a charter from the NRA to teach other blacks how to defend themselves. They fought back against the KKK and got them out of town, but the national papers made no mention though they were all over some Natives doing the same a few weeks later. He opposed the initiation of force, but would insist on self-defense. Often just having a gun was enough …

Subjects

  • Williams, Robert Franklin, 1925-
  • African Americans -- Civil rights -- North Carolina -- Monroe -- History -- 20th century.
  • Violence -- North Carolina -- Monroe -- History -- 20th century.
  • Self-defense -- North Carolina -- Monroe -- History -- 20th century.
  • Monroe (N.C.) -- Race relations.