[News] Let it Burn R. Williams Interview 3/4

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the center for political education presents, as part of the History of 
Resistance film series:





Let It Burn

Video Interview with

Robert F. Williams on Self-defense,

Self-determination and

the Black Liberation Movement




Thursday, March 4,  2004     @ 7 PM

522 Valencia Street (at 16th Street), San Francisco
$5 donation at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)


A leading figure in the civil rights movement, Robert F. Williams advocated 
and practiced armed self-defense against racist mobs, the KKK, and the 
police in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s.  His refusal to cave in to 
the white power structure also pushed him to the top of the U.S. 
governments most wanted list and into exile in Cuba and China in the 
1960s.  While in exile, Williams continued to fight for Black liberation 
through his publication The Crusaderand radio program Radio Free Dixiewhich 
was broadcast from Cuba and heard throughout the south.  Let It Burnis a 
video interview with Williams in Tanzania, conducted by journalist Robert 
Cohen.


Introductory comments and a discussion following the video with:
Kali Akuno, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Claude Marks, Freedom Archives

the center for political education: building strong movements and the left 
through education, analysis, theory and activism

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save the date!:

The Freedom Archives, East Side Arts Alliance and Malcolm X Grassroots 
Organization, along with Hard Knock Radio and other community activists are 
sponsoring a moderated dialogue with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver. 
This conversation will focus on the emergence of the Black Power movement, 
self-defense as a human right, and their roles as leading women in the 
Black liberation struggle.

Sunday, March 14th, 7:00 pm
First Congregational Church - 27th & Harrison in Oakland
$10 donation, $5 students - no one turned away for lack of funds

For More Information on this event, contact:
The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org


The Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 863-9977
www.freedomarchives.org 
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