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We Will Shoot Back

Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement

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We Will Shoot Back

By: Akinyele Omowale Umoja
Narrated by: David Sadzin
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A bold and exciting historical narrative of the armed resistance of Black soldiers of the Mississippi Freedom Movement

In We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the Southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the system of oppression in most of the Deep South. To overcome the system of segregation, Black people had to overcome fear to present a significant challenge to White domination. As the civil rights movement developed, armed self-defense and resistance became a significant means by which the descendants of enslaved Africans overturned fear and intimidation and developed different political and social relationships between Black and White Mississippians.

This riveting historical narrative reconstructs the armed resistance of Black activists, their challenge of racist terrorism, and their fight for human rights.

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Americas Black & African American Freedom & Security Politics & Government Racism & Discrimination Social Sciences State & Local United States Violence in Society Discrimination Africa Human Rights Civil rights Freedom Social Movement Social justice Equality Black power movement Mississippi Civil Rights History

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