Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power

413 Pages·1999·22.9 MB·English

by  Timothy B. Tyson

Radio Free Dixie
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Radio Free
Dixie
Robert R
Williams*
the Hoots of
Black Power
Timothy B« Tyson
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill & London
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Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tyson, Timothy B.
Radio Free Dixie : Robert F. Williams and the
roots of Black power / by Timothy B. Tyson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2502-6 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN 0-8078-4923-5 (pbk.: alk. paper)
i. Williams, Robert Franklin, 1925- . 2. Afro-
American civil rights workers—North Carolina-
Monroe—Biography. 3. Civil rights workers-
North Carolina—Monroe—Biography. 4. Monroe
(N.C.)—Race relations. 5. Afro-Americans—Civil
rights—North Carolina—Monroe—History—2oth
century. 6. Black power—United States-
History— 20th century. 7. Radio Free Dixie
(Radio program)
I. Title.
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Contents
Introduction: On Trembling Earth, i
Chapter i. The Legacies, 4
Chapter 2. Wars for Democracy, 26
Chapter 3. I'd Rather Die and Go to Hell, 49
Chapter 4. The Kissing Case, 90
Chapter 5. Communist Front Shouts Kissing Case to the World, 102
Chapter 6. The Sissy Race of All Mankind, 137
Chapter 7. Crusaders, 189
Chapter 8. Cuba Libre, 220
Chapter 9. When Fire Breaks Out, 244
Chapter 10. Freedom Rider, 262
Conclusion: Radio Free Dixie, 287
Notes, 309
Bibliography, 361
Acknowledgments, 379
Index, 385
A section qfillustrations jbllou;s page 165.
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Radio Free Dixie