Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power - TheBlackList Pub

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power - TheBlackList Pub

Wednesday, August 1, 7 pm ICE Lawndale 10 Theaters 3330 W Roosevelt Road Admission: $6.00 Thursday, Aug 2, 7pm ICE Theaters Chatham 210 W 87th St Admission: $6.00 On Thursday August 2nd Only Film Screening & Community Forum  on Gun Possession, Stand Your Ground  & Myths About Concealed Carry Moderated by WVON's CLIFF KELLY NEGROES WITH GUNS: Rob Williams and Black Power  USA, 53 minutes, 2005,  Writer/Co-Director: Sandra Dickson;  Co-Director: Churchill Roberts NEGROES WITH GUNS tells the dramatic story of the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged African Americans to arm themselves against violent racists. In doing so, Williams not only challenged the Klan-dominated establishment of his hometown of Monroe, North Carolina, he alienated the mainstream Civil Rights Movement, which advocated peaceful resistance. Robert F. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and broke dramatic new ground by internationalizing the African American struggle. Negroes with Guns is not only an electrifying look at an historically erased leader, but also provides a thought-provoking examination of Black radicalism and resistance and serves as a launching pad for the study of Black liberation philosophies. Insightful interviews with historian Clayborne Carson, biographer Timothy Tyson, Julian Bond, and a first person account by Mabel Williams, Robert's wife, bring the story to life. Shown with NO GUNS FOR NEGROES USA 2009, 20 min, by Aaron Zelman The historical record provides compelling evidence that racism underlies gun control laws -- and not in any subtle way. Throughout much of American history, gun control was openly stated as a method for keeping blacks and Hispanics "in their place," and to quiet the racial fears of whites. This film provides a brief summary of this unholy alliance of gun control and racism, and to suggest that gun control laws should be regarded as "suspect ideas," analogous to the "suspect classifications" theory of discrimination already part of the American legal system. Presented with Chicago Firearms Safety Association  On Thursday August 2nd Only Film Screening & Community Forum  on Gun Possession, Stand Your Ground  & Myths About Concealed Carry Moderated by WVON's CLIFF KELLY Panel Discussants: Chris Cooper, Candidate for States Attorney David Lemieux - Retired Chicago Police Detective Lori Meriweather - single mom and stalking victim Gimbu Kali, Pres & Shawn Gowder, VP,  Chicago Firearms Safety Association Radie - home invasion survivor Organizations:  Chicago Firearms Safety Association  IllinoisCarry.com The Illinois State Rifle Association The Second Amendment Sisters Effective Firearms Personal Protection Consultants W