Robert Williams

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Robert Williams: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Robert Carl Cohen, Black Crusader: A Biography of Robert Franklin Williams, illustrated ed. (2008; originally published 1972); Timothy B. Tyson, Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power (1999).

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 07, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 22, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 11, 2023
	Modified title of Web site: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Global Freedom Struggle - Biography of Robert Franklin Williams.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 12, 2016
	Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Negroes With Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 06, 2014
	Add new Web site: The New York Times - Obituary of Robert Williams.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 06, 2014
	Add new Web site: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Global Freedom Struggle - Biography of Robert Franklin Williams.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 06, 2014
	Add new Web site: North Carolina History Project - Robert Franklin Williams.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 06, 2014
	Add new Web site: California Newsreel - Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power.	Marco Sampaolo	Jun 03, 2014
	Add new Web site: California Newsreel - Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power.	Marco Sampaolo	Jun 03, 2014
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Feb 21, 2014
	New bibliography added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Feb 21, 2014