Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History - by Ronald J Stephens (Hardcover)

About the Book

Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History represents the only full-length volume that includes key documents (i.e., speeches, letters, interviews, testimonials, etc.) by and about Robert F. Williams in a single volume.

Book Synopsis

Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History represents the only full-length volume that includes key documents (i.e., speeches, letters, interviews, testimonials, etc.) by and about Robert F. Williams in a single volume.

Review Quotes

"Ronald J. Stephens, one of the major scholars of African American life, leisure, and culture, has written a powerful portrayal of a hero of the American ideal. In Robert Franklin Williams Speaks: A Documentary History, we find Stephens's brilliant analytical mind bringing us an organic and profound narrative of an African American living in resistance and victory." - Molefi Kete Asante, Professor, Department of Africology at Temple University in Philadelphia

Ronald J. Stephens's provocative, impressive, exhaustively researched, and thoughtful study chronicles Robert Williams's life history, protests as a local civil rights leader, and international activist triumphs on the world stage. Williams life's work demonstrates how to use the lessons of the past to confront continuing issues of today. A must read for scholars and activists alike. -- Jakobi Williams, Indiana University

This book promises to be a significant addition to the scholarship on one of America's foremost freedom fighters of the 20th century. Robert F. Williams is deserving of such scholarly attention. -- Judson L. Jeffries, The Ohio State University

About the Author

Ronald J. Stephens is a professor of African American studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University.