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Negroes with guns: Rob Williams and Black power

Title
Negroes with guns: Rob Williams and Black power / directed by Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts.
Publication
[San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [2005]

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Additional Authors
  • Dickson, Sandra H.
  • Roberts, Churchill Lee, 1940-
  • Blanchard, Terence
  • University of Florida. Documentary Institute, production company.
  • California Newsreel (Firm), publisher.
Description
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Documents the life and times of political activist, Robert F. Williams. From his childhood in Monroe, North Carolina, to his self-exile and eventual return to the U.S., the film uses interviews and stock footage to tell the story of the forefather of the Black power movement in the United States.
Alternative Title
Rob Williams and Black power
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Biographical films.
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925-October 15, 1996) was a civil rights leader, author, and the president of the Monroe, North Carolina, NAACP chapter in the 1950s and early 1960s. At a time when racial tension was high and official abuses were rampant, Williams was a key figure in promoting both integration and armed Black self-defense in the United States.
Credits (note)
  • Screenwriter, Sandra Dickson ; cinematography, Cindy Hill ; composer, Terence Blanchard ; film editor, Dan Spiess ; produced by the Documentary Institute ; California Newsreel presents
System Details (note)
  • DVD; close-captioned.
Call Number
Sc Visual DVD 18
OCLC
62047276
Title
Negroes with guns: Rob Williams and Black power / directed by Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts.
Imprint
[San Francisco, CA] : California Newsreel, [2005]
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Credits
Screenwriter, Sandra Dickson ; cinematography, Cindy Hill ; composer, Terence Blanchard ; film editor, Dan Spiess ; produced by the Documentary Institute ; California Newsreel presents
System Details
DVD; close-captioned.
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Added Author
Dickson, Sandra H., film director.
Roberts, Churchill Lee, 1940- film director.
Blanchard, Terence, composer.
University of Florida. Documentary Institute, production company.
California Newsreel (Firm), publisher.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual DVD 18
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