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DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY, MAY 20TH    FREEDOM ARCHIVES and AK PRESS present:  ROBERT F. 
 WILLIAMS: Self-Defense, Self-Respect, and Self-Determination  Featuring: 
 MABEL & JOHN WILLIAMS (the wife and son of Robert F. Williams)  AMIRI 
 BARAKA: poet & playwright  DESTINY ARTS and the Howard Wiley Trio  $5-$25 
 donation  First Unitarian Church of Oakland | 685 14th Street | 7 pm  
 co-sponsored by Eastside Arts Alliance  Celebrating the release of ROBERT 
 F. WILLIAMS: Self-Defense, Self-Respect, and Self-Determination, a new 
 audio documentary produced by the Freedom Archives and published by AK 
 Press. Also available: a Robert Williams resource guide.  ROBERT F. 
 WILLIAMS marches in the company of Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Kwame Ture, 
 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ella Baker and other leading voices of Black 
 liberation. He was one of the most important and controversial leaders of 
 the freedom movement. Yet his work, words, and profound influence are 
 absent in most historical accounts. With this CD, the Freedom Archives 
 contributes to a growing body of recent scholarship, telling the story of 
 Robert Williams through an exclusive interview with Mabel Williams, his 
 widow, who was with him every step of the way. The program traces their 
 journey from NAACP leadership and armed self-defense against the Klan in 
 Monroe, North Carolina through exile and internationalist solidarity in 
 Cuba, China, Africa, and back to the United States. It features rare 
 speeches, interviews, and radio broadcasts of Radio Free Dixie, the short 
 wave radio series Robert and Mabel broadcast from Cuba.   ADVANCE PRAISE:   
 ...the story of a family who fought together, struggled together and stayed 
 together, united and strong in the face of racism and oppression... It is a 
 story of human dignity and courage in the face of overwhleming odds... 
 —ASSATA SHAKUR  Robert Williams was an extraordinary man, who has been 
 largely lost in the history books. His story is dramatic and compelling and 
 this audio record of his life is an important contribution to contemporary 
 history. —HOWARD ZINN  Robert Williams is one of the most important 
 figures in the history of the black freedom movement... Thanks to the 
 Freedom Archives and the work of his widow Mabel Williams, his story will 
 be “heard” by many more people. And in these political times, we need 
 to remember Rob Williams’ courage, his unyielding internationalism, and 
 the movement he helped to build. —ROBIN D. G. KELLEY   This very human 
 story told by Mabel R. Williams, a deeply admired and respected icon of the 
 Civil Rights movement, will help young people of all backgrounds understand 
 the people and their struggles...   —GWENDOLYN MIDLO HALL  With this CD, 
 the Freedom Archives makes an important contribution to American history 
 and politics. Countering superficial readings of U.S. democracy and Black 
 freedom struggles, this narrative by Robert and Mabel Williams brings a 
 deeper and newer perspective on 20th century civil rights and self-defense 
 in Black liberation movements. This is a significant gift—a story that 
 should be taught and debated in school and on the street. —JOY JAMES  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/05/12/65913.php
SUMMARY:ROBERT F. WILLIAMS: Self-Defense, Self-Respect, and Self-Determination
LOCATION:First Unitarian Church of Oakland   685 14th Street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/05/12/65913.php
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