Papers, 1963-1978.

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Papers, 1963-1978.

Papers of author-filmmaker Robert Carl Cohen largely relating to Black Crusader (1972), his unauthorized biography of revolutionary Robert Franklin Williams, the first black American to advocate armed self-defense.

2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes) and9 tape recordings.

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

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Black poet and militant civil rights activist, editor and publisher of The Crusader. From the description of Correspondence, 1961-1983 : with Edward C. Weber. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364620 Black poet, editor, and civil rights activist, militant leader of Union County, N.C., NAACP, advocate of armed self-defense, and publisher of The Crusader. Indicted for kidnapping (1961), escaping to Cuba, China, and Tanzania (1961-1969). Staff member of the Center...

Cohen, Robert Carl 1930-....

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Robert Carl Cohen was born in 1930 and studied at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has worked as a writer, lecturer, correspondent, and producer for numerous television programs. His interest in addressing issues of racism, ideology, etc. is reflected in his television work and his few books. Biographical source: Something About the Author, vol. 8, p. 33. From the guide to the Robert Carl Cohen Papers, 1968, (University of Minnesota Libraries C...