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Article: Robert Williams memorial dedicated in Baldwin
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- Michigan Quarterly Review
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- May 20, 2000
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Bukowski, Diane
Michigan Citizen
05-20-2000
Robert Williams memorial dedicated in Baldwin
A living memorial to the late Robert F. Williams, "the first Black leader
of modern times to advocate armed self-defense by Black victims of racist
violence" according to the program brochure, was dedicated May 5 in Lake
County, Michigan.
Mabel and John Williams, wife and son of the author of Negroes With Guns
and President-in-Exile of the Republic of New Africa, proudly accepted a
portrait of Williams that will adorn the entrance to the Robert F. Williams
Family and Community Center in Baldwin, which is adjacent to the Black
resort community of Idlewild.
The center houses computer equipped classrooms for Early ...