The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity

by Robert F. Williams

Born in Jim Crow-era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel Williams were the state's most legendary African American freedom fighters. Robert organized an armed paramilitary group to protect his community from the violent attacks of the Ku Klux Klan. The Williamses' leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of their lifelong pursuit of freedom and justice for Black people in the United States and for oppressed populations throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469680122
• ISBN13: 9781469680125
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 360 Pages