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Self Respect, Self Defense & Self Determination - Full program
Date: 3/14/2004Call Number: Format: Video ClipProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
An event held at the First Congregational Church in Oakland on Sunday, March 14, 2004 with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver. Both women were welcomed and introduced by Angela Davis. These two inspiring women of the 60s Black Liberation struggle met to share their personal experiences - resisting the KKK and police repression, forced into exile government repression, and their international experiences in Third World nations. Mabel Williams, with her late husband Robert F. Williams, met with Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara and Mao Tse Tung to help internationalize support for the Black Liberation Movement. Kathleen Cleaver was Communications Secretary and the first woman on the Central Committee of the Black Panther Party.
Mabel Williams Recounts the Story of Her Family's Flight from Monroe to Cuba.
Date: 3/14/2004Call Number: Format: Video ClipProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Mabel Williams recounts the story of how her family was forced to flee their home in Monroe, North Carolina. She specifically mentions the importance of the networks that they ha previously established and how those friends were vital in sustaining the family during their flight and eventually getting them to Cuba.
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