Introduction

Rob Williams is a Historical figure who has not made it into high school history books. His contributions to bringing attention to the struggle for civil rights in America has been ignored. This blog is intended to begin a discussion about an aspect of the Civil Rights Era that has been kept in the dark for many decades. Self defense is a philosophy and strategy that was widely used by African Americans who were terrorized by white supremacy. This blog contains pictures, video links, book covers, a poem, an FBI wanted poster, and a political cartoon. These items should be analyzed and discussed. There are discussion questions after each item. Though we are in "modern times" the way the Civil Rights Movement is compartmentalized and rationed out illustrates a stagnate paradigm. It is time to move forward and shed light on every aspect of the Civil Rights Movement for this is the nature of historiography.