Robert F. Williams papers 1948-2008

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Robert F. Williams papers 1948-2008

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African American civil rights activist and black militant leader in Monroe County North Carolina who came to advocate armed self-defense in response to violence, left the United States in 1961 and lived in Cuba and China until 1969 when he settled in Baldwin Michigan. Papers include correspondence, newspaper clippings, audio-visual material, manuscripts, petitions, and government documents documenting the civil rights movement, black nationalism, radical politics in the United States and Williams's experiences in Cuba and China.

14.5 linear feet and 1 oversize folder

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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