Juneteenth Closure
City of Littleton offices and facilities, including the Littleton Museum, the Municipal Court, and Bemis Public Library will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in observance of Juneteenth

Adventure Begins at your Library!
Discover Summer Reading at Bemis

This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed: how guns made the civil rights movement possible

Book Cover
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed

Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Publication Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English

Description

"Visiting Martin Luther King, Jr. at the peak of the civil rights movement, the journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. One of King's advisors remembered the reverend's home as "an arsenal." Like King, many nonviolent activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protection-yet this crucial dimension of the civil rights struggle has been long ignored. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb, Jr. reveals how nonviolent activists and their allies kept the civil rights movement alive by bearing-and, when necessary, using-firearms. Whether patrolling their neighborhoods, garrisoning their homes, or firing back at attackers, these men and women were crucial to the movement's success, as were the weapons they carried. Drawing on his firsthand experiences in the Southern Freedom Movement and interviews with fellow participants, Cobb offers a controversial examination of the vital role guns have played in securing American liberties."--Publisher information.
"Visiting the parsonage of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the peak of the civil rights movement, the journalist William Worthy began to ease himself into an armchair, only to stop short. Sitting on the cushion was a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured Worthy. It was not the only weapon that King kept for such a purpose; Glenn Smiley, a southern minister who advised King on the techniques of nonviolence during the Montgomery bus boycott, remembered King's home as "an arsenal." Living under constant death threats, King enlisted armed supporters to guard his home and family, and even applied for a conceal-and-carry permit. His application was denied--but it, like the rest of the evidence about King's gun ownership, points to a side of the civil rights movement that has long been ignored by history. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, award-winning civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb, Jr. reveals the fundamental but long-overlooked role that armed self-defense played in the golden era of the civil rights movement"--

Also in This Series

More Like This

More Copies In Prospector

Loading Prospector Copies...

More Details

ISBN:
9780822361237
9780465033102
9780465080953

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Tagging

Tags:

No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!


Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID14b2204b-e9a2-9182-afcf-417a0ad43e00
Grouping Titlethis nonviolent stuff ll get you killed how guns made the civil rights movement possible
Grouping Authorcharles e cobb
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-06-13 04:00:28AM
Last Indexed2024-06-16 00:03:32AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Cobb, Charles E., Jr
author_display
Cobb, Charles E.
display_description
"Visiting Martin Luther King, Jr. at the peak of the civil rights movement, the journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. One of King's advisors remembered the reverend's home as "an arsenal." Like King, many nonviolent activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protection-yet this crucial dimension of the civil rights struggle has been long ignored. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb, Jr. reveals how nonviolent activists and their allies kept the civil rights movement alive by bearing-and, when necessary, using-firearms. Whether patrolling their neighborhoods, garrisoning their homes, or firing back at attackers, these men and women were crucial to the movement's success, as were the weapons they carried. Drawing on his firsthand experiences in the Southern Freedom Movement and interviews with fellow participants, Cobb offers a controversial examination of the vital role guns have played in securing American liberties."--Publisher information. "Visiting the parsonage of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the peak of the civil rights movement, the journalist William Worthy began to ease himself into an armchair, only to stop short. Sitting on the cushion was a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured Worthy. It was not the only weapon that King kept for such a purpose; Glenn Smiley, a southern minister who advised King on the techniques of nonviolence during the Montgomery bus boycott, remembered King's home as "an arsenal." Living under constant death threats, King enlisted armed supporters to guard his home and family, and even applied for a conceal-and-carry permit. His application was denied--but it, like the rest of the evidence about King's gun ownership, points to a side of the civil rights movement that has long been ignored by history. In This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed, award-winning civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb, Jr. reveals the fundamental but long-overlooked role that armed self-defense played in the golden era of the civil rights movement"--
format_bemis
Book
format_category_bemis
Books
id
14b2204b-e9a2-9182-afcf-417a0ad43e00
isbn
9780465033102
9780465080953
9780822361237
itype_bemis
Adult non-fiction
Book
General Circulating
last_indexed
2024-06-16T06:03:32.929Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
primary_isbn
9780822361237
publishDate
2014
2015
publisher
Basic Books
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Duke University Press
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
African Americans -- Civil rights
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights movements
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Electronic books
Firearms -- Law and legislation
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Gun control
Gun control -- United States -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
History
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
Self-defense
Self-defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States
title_display
This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed : how guns made the civil rights movement possible
title_full
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed : How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible Cobb, Charles E.
This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed : how guns made the civil rights movement possible / Charles E. Cobb
This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed : how guns made the civil rights movement possible / Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
title_short
This nonviolent stuff'll get you killed
title_sub
how guns made the civil rights movement possible
topic_facet
African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Firearms
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Gun control
Gun control -- United States -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
History
Law and legislation
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
Self-defense
Self-defense -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocationCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
ebraryccu:EBC1634791EBC1634791Ebrary (CCU)Online Ebrary (CCU)eBookeBook1falsetrueEbrary (CCU)https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cochristuniv-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1634791Available OnlineEbrary (CCU)
proquestebookwestern:EBC1634791EBC1634791ProQuest Ebook Central (Western)Online ProQuest Ebook Central (Western)eBookeBook1falsetrueProQuest Ebook Central (Western)https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/wscc-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1634791Available OnlineProQuest Ebook Central (Western)
ils:.b42317617.i8449749xSRL Adult Nonfiction323.1196 COB1falsefalseOn ShelfApr 30, 2024srnf
ils:.b42317617.i84615734GRC Fraser Valley Library Non-Fiction323.11 COB1falsefalseOn ShelfMar 31, 2024grfan
ils:.b50195475.i101864358CMU Main Books 3rd FloorE185.61 .C633 20141falsefalseOn ShelfFeb 20, 2020culmb
ils:.b6412471x.i137530468Aims Greeley CirculationE185.61 .C633 20151falsefalseOn ShelfMar 22, 2022aigci

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ebraryccu:EBC1634791eBookeBookEnglishBasic Books20141 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations, photographs
proquestebookwestern:EBC1634791eBookeBookEnglishBasic Books20141 online resource (231 pages)
ils:.b42317617BookBooksEnglishBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group[2014]xiii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ils:.b50195475BookBooksEnglishBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group[2014]xiii, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ils:.b6412471xBookBooksEnglishDuke University Press2015pages cm

scoping_details_bemis

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
ils:.b42317617.i8449749xOn ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
ils:.b42317617.i84615734On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
ils:.b50195475.i101864358On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198
ils:.b6412471x.i137530468On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse2, 4, 260, 5, 261, 6, 262, 7, 263, 8, 264, 9, 10, 266, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 271, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198