Black Crusader

The 2008 Photo Illustrated Edition ofRobert Carl Cohen's1972 biography ofRobert Franklin Williams,advocate of armed self-defense in the 1960sCivil Rights Movement, and prophet of ghettouprisings and a Socialist Revolution.The story of how an easily contented youngsterwho dreamed of becoming a poet was transformedinto an archenemy of the U.S. power structure.Included in these pages are historically significantevents such as Williams' talks with Fidel Castroand Mao Tse-Tung, details of the infightingwithin the Cuban Communist Party, his meetingwith Che Guevara, and impressions of life inChina during the first years of the"Great Cultural Revolution."This new edition is illustrated withpreviously unpublished photos of Williams& his wife, Mabel, in exilein Cuba and Africa.KIRKUS REVIEWS: "The education of one Black man you should not miss, and certainly cannot dismiss."