Comrade Robert F. Williams... USMC...

As head of the Union County NAACP, Williams organized armed squads of Black people, mostly former military

members

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like himself, “for self-defense and to protect others,” former Charlotte Observer associate editor Fannie Flono wrote in 2007. “He raised money in the North to buy guns and so inspired the people of Monroe that on one October night in 1957, when the Klan swooped in to harass and harm Black citizens, scores of armed Black men turned them back,” Flono wrote.

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, who were arrested for being kissed on the cheek by a white girl while playing a game. In what became known as the Monroe “Kissing Case,” Gov. Luther Hodges pardoned the boys after pressure from the committee.

In 1961, Williams and his wife, Mabel, fled to Cuba after he was accused of kidnapping a white couple in Monroe during a race-related riot. Williams said he was providing shelter for the couple after they’d inadvertently wandered into a Black neighborhood. He also landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List because of the charges. While in Cuba, his “Radio Free Dixie” broadcasts offered music, news and critical commentary about U.S. domestic and foreign policies. The Williamses also met Fidel Castro on the island nation.

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