Negroes and the gun : the Black tradition of arms /

"Chronicling the underappreciated Black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, law professor Nicholas Johnson presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre-Civil War era that demonstrate a willingness of African American men and women to use firearms when necessary to defend their...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Nicholas, 1959-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2014]
Subjects:	African Americans > Civil rights > History. Firearms ownership > United States > History. Firearms > United States > Use in crime prevention > History. Self-defense > United States > History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. HISTORY / Social History. History. African Americans > Civil rights. Firearms ownership. Firearms > Use in crime prevention. Self-defense. United States.
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Table of Contents:

Boundary-land
Foundation
Promise and breach
Nadir
Crisis
Leonidas
Freedom fight
Pivot
The Black tradition of arms and the modern orthodoxy.