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Author Cobb, Charles E., Jr., author

Title This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed : how guns made the civil rights movement possible / Charles E. Cobb Jr
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2016
©2014

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Description xxi, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents "I come to get my gun" -- "Over my head I see freedom in the air" -- "The day of camouflage is past" -- "Fighting for what we didn't have" -- "I wasn't being non nonviolent" -- Which cheek you gonna turn? -- Standing our ground -- "The King of Love is dead" -- Understanding history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Self-defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Gun control -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Civil rights movements.
Firearms -- Law and legislation.
Gun control.
Self-defense.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 2015030361
ISBN 9780822361237
082236123X
Other Titles This nonviolent stuff will get you killed