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The Crusader Monthly Newsletter (December 1967)
Date: 12/1967Volume Number: Vol. 9-3 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
Why I Propose to Return to Racist America: Williams debates on whether to return to U.S., as he was indicted in Monroe County, NC, on charges of kidnapping – stemming from a 1961 incident where a white couple, described by Williams as “fascist agitators against black freedom fighters,” sought shelter in Williams’s house to escape an angry crowd of Black demonstrators. Monroe County turned that incident into a charge of kidnapping for Williams. Williams cites numerous instances he has witnessed of extreme racist discrimination and completely unjustified violence towards Black people. Williams recounts running for mayor of Monroe in 1960, saying he and his supporters drafted a 10-point platform which included fair employment, school integration, integrated medical facilities, non-discrimination in welfare aid, and abolishment of police brutality. For six years he was a main target of racist threats and attacks, and he had to have an armed guard of 30 volunteers posted around his house at night. Williams says the only crime he is guilty of is being in opposition to tyranny. Williams says he wants to return to U.S., but in order for him to return and face the phony charges, a massive international campaign must be waged to witness and challenge the U.S. kangaroo court system.
The Crusader Monthly Newsletter (September-October 1967)
Year: 1967Volume Number: Vol. 9-2 September-OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
USA: The Potential of a Minority Revolution Part III: Williams again raises the question, could a minority revolution succeed in US. What’s required is total revolutionary unity among the youth, a strong revolutionary nationalist spirit throughout the country, a high quality of leadership. “Revolt is a natural response to brutally sustained tyranny.” Call to protest the ban of The Crusader from U.S. mail.
The Crusader Monthly Newsletter (May-June 1964)
Year: 1964Volume Number: Vol. 5-4 May-JuneFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mabel and Robert F. Williams
USA: The Potential of a Minority Revolution: On violent resistance, that with non-violence, only the blood of the oppressed will flow; to say that violent resistance brings annihilation points out the beastly nature of the oppressor. “The white barbaric racist is coded a ‘white only’ special privilege in the realm of all violence, both justified and unjustified.” “Our greatest enemy is our defeatist attitude .” “The soft society is highly susceptible to panic.” “What is integration when the law says yes, but the police and howling mobs say no?” Self-defense must be based on justice, not vengeance. “We merely advocate self-defense for brutalized Afro-americans .” Sydney, Australia – students protesting against racial discrimination in U.S.; Association of Negro Studies in Kobe, Japan.
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