Aug 1&2::NEGROES WITH GUNS: Rob Williams and Black Power

Wednesday, August 1, 7 pm
ICE Lawndale 10 Theaters
3330 W Roosevelt Road
Admission: $5.00

Thursday, Aug 2, 7pm
ICE Theaters Chatham
210 W 87th St
Admission: $5.00

On Thursday August 2nd Only
Film Screening & Community Forum
on Gun Possession, Stand Your Ground
& Myths About Concealed Carry
Moderated by WVON’s CLIFF KELLY

NEGROES WITH GUNS: Rob Williams and Black Power
USA, 53 minutes, 2005,
Writer/Co-Director: Sandra Dickson;
Co-Director: Churchill Roberts

NEGROES WITH GUNS tells the dramatic story of the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged African Americans to arm themselves against violent racists. In doing so, Williams not only challenged the Klan-dominated establishment of his hometown of Monroe, North Carolina, he alienated the mainstream Civil Rights Movement, which advocated peaceful resistance.

Robert F. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and broke dramatic new ground by internationalizing the African American struggle. Negroes with Guns is not only an electrifying look at an historically erased leader, but also provides a thought-provoking examination of Black radicalism and resistance and serves as a launching pad for the study of Black liberation philosophies. Insightful interviews with historian Clayborne Carson, biographer Timothy Tyson, Julian Bond, and a first person account by Mabel Williams, Robert’s wife, bring the story to life.

Shown with
NO GUNS FOR NEGROES
USA 2009, 20 min, by Aaron Zelman

The historical record provides compelling evidence that racism underlies gun control laws — and not in any subtle way. Throughout much of American history, gun control was openly stated as a method for keeping blacks and Hispanics “in their place,” and to quiet the racial fears of whites. This film provides a brief summary of this unholy alliance of gun control and racism, and to suggest that gun control laws should be regarded as “suspect ideas,” analogous to the “suspect classifications” theory of discrimination already part of the American legal system.

Presented with Chicago Firearms Safety Association

On Thursday August 2nd Only
Film Screening & Community Forum
on Gun Possession, Stand Your Ground
& Myths About Concealed Carry

Moderated by WVON’s CLIFF KELLY
Panel Discussants:
Chris Cooper, Candidate for States Attorney
David Lemieux – Retired Chicago Police Detective
Lori Meriweather – single mom and stalking victim
Gimbu Kali, Pres & Shawn Gowder, VP,
Chicago Firearms Safety Association
Radie – home invasion survivor

Organizations:
Chicago Firearms Safety Association
IllinoisCarry.com
The Illinois State Rifle Association
The Second Amendment Sisters
Effective Firearms
Personal Protection Consultants