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Robert Williams Thesis

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The first African American man to show armed resistance to racial violence and oppression was Robert F Williams . Robert Franklin Williams Was born in Monroe, North Carolina to Emma Carter Williams and John Williams on February 26, 1925. Robert was the fourth of five children out of his other siblings. Growing up in the deep south there were lots of murders because of all the KKK members and racesits. When Robert was young he was presented with his first rifle that his grandfather had. The rifle was given to him by his grandmother which who was a former slave. Robert left school in 1941 and went to a National Youth Administration job training program. The next year Robert moved to Detroit where he worked for Ford Motor Company. The 1943 race
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