Robert F. Williams
Robert Franklin Williams was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina, chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and into 1961. He succeeded in integrating the local public library and swimming pool in Monroe. At a time of high racial tension and official abuses, Williams promoted armed Black self-defense in the United States. In addition, he helped gain support for gubernatorial pardons in 1959 for two young African-American boys who had received lengthy reformatory sentences in what was known as the Kissing Case of 1958. It generated national and international attention and criticism of the state.
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Male
Date of Birth
February 26th, 1925
Age
101
Birth Place
United States of America, North Carolina
Date of Death
October 15th, 1996
Died Aged
71
Star Sign
Pisces
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