Book Review: Negroes and the Gun - The Black Tradition of Arms
7:00am Friday, October 24, 2014
Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms. Nicholas Johnson, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 379 pages, 2014. In response to a nonviolent civil rights worker who was surprised to see a firearm in the house of a well known black southern civil rights activist, the activist explained, “That’s a non-violent gun.” This is one of scores of telling incidents and historical events documented...

