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Williams, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1925-1996

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Biography:

Robert Williams, husband of Mabel, was the descendant of a long line of assertive African Americans in Monroe, North Carolina. Robert's militant attack on segregation in the community lead to many clashes with the white leadership. Williams armed himself and trained fellow African Americans in armed self-defense. He demonstrated to desegregate and all-white swimming pool and ran for mayor. Eventually, Williams left Monroe and moved out of the United States.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

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Williams, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1925-1996

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Negroes with guns : Rob Williams and Black power

Date of Original:: 2009
Collection:: Independent Lens
Contributing Institution:: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

Oral history interview with Mabel Williams, August 20, 1999

Creator:: Williams, Mabel R.
Date of Original:: 1999-08-20
Collection:: Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement
Contributing Institution:: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)