NEGROES WITH GUNS: Rob Williams and Black Power

By Sandra Dickson, Churchill Roberts, Cara Pilson and Cindy Hill

ITVS Community is proud to support NEGROES WITH GUNS with a variety of community outreach events and materials, in anticipation of its national broadcast on Independent Lens on February 7, 2006.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:

Credited with inspiring the Black Power movement, Robert Williams led his North Carolina hometown to defend itself against the Ku Klux Klan and challenge repressive Jim Crow laws. NEGROES WITH GUNS follows Williams's journey from southern community leader to exile in Cuba and China, a journey that brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement.

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS:

• Discussion Guide
• Facilitators Guide
• E-postcard
• Event Flyer Template
• Companion website on PBS.org

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:

ITVS Community Cinema Screenings:

• Atlanta: Jan. 10, Southwest Fulton Arts Center
  email Johanna Brown for info
• Boise: Jan. 17 & 18, Boise State University
  email Lynn Allen for info
• Chicago: Jan. 22, DuSable Museum
  email Connie Koch for info
• Los Angeles: TBA
• Miami: TBA
• Philadelphia: Jan 29, 2 PM, Joseph E. Coleman, Northwest Regional Library
  Feb 2, 7:30 PM, Swathmore College
  email Cindy Burstein for info
• Pocatello, ID: Jan. 17, Idaho State University
  email Lynn Allenn for info
• San Francisco: Jan. 10, San Francisco Public Library
  email Locsi Ferra for info
• Seattle: Jan. 7, Northwest Filmforum
  email Patrick Baroch for info
• Washington DC: Jan. 31, WHUT Studios
  February 1, Bus Boys and Poets
  email Jenna Ford for info