{"product_id":"the-memoirs-of-robert-and-mabel-williams-african-american-freedom-armed-resistance-and-international-solidarity-9781469680132","title":"The Memoirs of Robert and Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, and International Solidarity","description":"Born in Jim Crow-era Monroe, North Carolina, Robert F. Williams and Mabel R. Williams were the state's most legendary African American freedom fighters. The Williamses' leadership in Monroe was just the beginning of a lifelong pursuit of freedom and justice for Black people in the United States and for oppressed populations throughout the world. Their activism foreshadowed major developments in the civil rights and Black Power movements, including Malcolm X's advocacy of fighting oppression \"by any means necessary,\" the emergence of the Black Panther Party, and Black solidarity with Third World liberation movements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert documented his experiences in Monroe in his classic 1962 book, \u003ci\u003eNegroes with Guns\u003c\/i\u003e, and completed a draft of his memoir, \u003ci\u003eWhile God Lay Sleeping\u003c\/i\u003e, months before his death in 1996. Mabel began a memoir of her own before her death in 2014. The family selected John Bracey Jr., Akinyele K. Umoja, and Gloria Aneb House to edit and complete the manuscripts, which are presented together in this book, offering a gripping portrait of these pioneering freedom fighters that is both deeply intimate and a fierce call to action in the ongoing fight against racial injustice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11997294\"\u003eRobert F. Williams\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17376099\"\u003eMabel R. Williams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469680132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1469680130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC001000\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies | American | African American \u0026amp; Bl\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002010\"\u003eAfrican American \u0026amp; Black\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036120\"\u003eUnited States | State \u0026amp; Local | South (AL,AR,FL,GA,KY,LA,MS,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkinyele K. Umoja is a professor of Africana studies at Georgia State University.\u003cbr\u003eGloria Aneb House is a poet, activist, and associate professor emerita of interdisciplinary studies at Wayne State University.\u003cbr\u003eJohn H. Bracey Jr. (d. 2023) was a professor of Afro-American studies at University of Massachusetts Amherst.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48766085562605,"sku":"9781469680132","price":52.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_8d84cacb-c32b-499c-b02f-43436eef1e09.jpg?v=1758646137","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-memoirs-of-robert-and-mabel-williams-african-american-freedom-armed-resistance-and-international-solidarity-9781469680132","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}