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Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams.. - Timothy B Tyson (Associate Inscription)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- ISBN
- 9780807825020
- Book Title
- Radio Free Dixie : Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Performing Arts, Political Science
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, General, Radio / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 11 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 416 Pages
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This book tells the remarkable story of Robert F. Williams--one of the most influential black activists of the generation that toppled Jim Crow and forever altered the arc of American history. In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, branch of the NAACP, Williams and his followers used machine guns, dynamite, and Molotov cocktails to confront Klan terrorists. Advocating "armed self-reliance" by blacks, Williams challenged not only white supremacists but also Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights establishment. Forced to flee during the 1960s to Cuba--where he broadcast "Radio Free Dixie," a program of black politics and music that could be heard as far away as Los Angeles and New York City--and then China, Williams remained a controversial figure for the rest of his life. Historians have customarily portrayed the civil rights movement as a nonviolent call on America's conscience--and the subsequent rise of Black Power as a violent repudiation of the civil rights dream. But Radio Free Dixie reveals that both movements grew out of the same soil, confronted the same predicaments, and reflected the same quest for African American freedom. As Robert Williams's story demonstrates, independent black political action, black cultural pride, and armed self-reliance operated in the South in tension and in tandem with legal efforts and nonviolent protest."Stunning. . . . Radio Free Dixie presents an engaging portrait of one man's continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression.-- Emerge " A] radiant biography. . . . Tyson is that rarest of writers: a successful scholar who can actually tell a compelling story in clear, even handsome language.-- Village Voice Literary Supplement "Tyson's firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life . . . across the South in the '40s, '50s and '60s. . . . Tyson successfully portrays Williams as a troubled visionary, a strong, stubborn and imperfect man, one who greatly influenced what became the Black Power Movement and its young leaders.-- Publishers Weekly This book tells the riveting story of controversial black activist Robert F. Williams (1925-1996). In the late 1950s, as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, NAACP, Williams organized armed resistance to KKK terrorists--in the process challenging not only white supremacists but also Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights establishment. As Radio Free Dixie reveals, however, the civil rights movement and the Black Power movement grew out of the same soil, confronted the same predicaments, and were much closer than traditional portrayals suggest. In the civil rights-era South, independent black politics, black cultural pride, and "armed self-reliance" operated in tension and in tandem with legal efforts and nonviolent protests in the quest for African American freedom.
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Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807825026
ISBN-13
9780807825020
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1061057
Product Key Features
Book Title
Radio Free Dixie : Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, General, Radio / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science, Performing Arts, Political Science
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F264.M75t97 1999
Reviews
Tyson s firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life in the Carolinas and across the South. Publishers Weekly, A fascinating book that is a welcome antidote to the historical pap being spooned out in popular documentaries these days. Journal of Southern History, Tyson'_¢s firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life in the Carolinas and across the South. Publishers Weekly, Radio Free Dixie presents an engaging portrait of one man*s continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression. Emerge, Radio Free Dixiepresents an engaging portrait of one man s continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression.Emerge, Radio Free Dixie presents an engaging portrait of one man s continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression. Emerge, Tyson•s firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life in the Carolinas and across the South.Publishers Weekly, Tysones firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life in the Carolinas and across the South. Publishers Weekly, Tyson s firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life in the Carolinas and across the South.Publishers Weekly, An important study of a forgotten Civil Rights leader. . . . [A] groundbreaking, skillfully written revisionist monograph. Library Journal, Radio Free Dixie presents an engaging portrait of one manes continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression. Emerge, An important study of a forgotten Civil Rights leader. . . . [A] groundbreaking, skillfully written revisionist monograph.Library Journal, Radio Free Dixiepresents an engaging portrait of one man•s continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression.Emerge, Tyson*s firecracker text crackles with brilliant and lasting images of black life in the Carolinas and across the South. Publishers Weekly, Radio Free Dixie presents an engaging portrait of one man'_¢s continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression. Emerge, Radio Free Dixie presents an engaging portrait of one man's continuous struggle to resist political and social oppression.Emerge
Table of Content
Introduction: On Trembling Earth Chapter 1. The Legacies Chapter 2. Wars for Democracy Chapter 3. I'd Rather Die and Go to Hell Chapter 4. The Kissing Case Chapter 5. Communist Front Shouts Kissing Case to the World Chapter 6. The Sissy Race of All Mankind Chapter 7. Crusaders Chapter 8. Cuba Libre Chapter 9. When Fire Breaks Out Chapter 10. Freedom Rider Conclusion: Radio Free Dixie Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index A section of illustrations follows.
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
99-011981
Dewey Decimal
975.6/755
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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