Papers, [195-]-1976.

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Papers, [195-]-1976.

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Consist of two series, the first being the records of the R.F. Williams Legal Defense Fund, 1971-72 (46 items) which comprise correspondence, petitions, financial records, and press releases concerning the Ann Arbor-based Legal Defense Fund's efforts to raise money in support of Williams's attempts to avoid extradition from Michigan to North Carolina where he had been charged with kidnapping a white couple during a 1961 civil rights confrontation in Monroe, N.C. The correspondence is largely that of. Defense fund coordinator Stephen H. Fleck, and includes letters from representatives of the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the Detroit branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Japanese Committee for the Defense of the Life and Fundamental Human Rights of Robert F. Williams. The second series consists chiefly of copies of essays concerning the civil rights struggle in the U.S., including the history of racism and the black revolutionary movement, the limitations of M.L. King's philosophy of non-violence, and reviews of specific court cases. Also included are a detailed plan by N. Ajanaku for establishing a separate black community in Memphis, Tenn., three essays about the relations between black activists and Cuba, and two poems by Jomo L.M.X. Authors include J. Leib. C. Moré, R. Taber, and W. Worthy.

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