Name of Speaker: Professor Charles E. Cobb Location: Appalachian State University Date: April 25, 2016 Charlie Cobb - "This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed" The presentation explores the complex relationship between the civil right movement's ealy commitment to non-violence and the long tradition of African American armed self-defense against the terror of white supremacy. A lecture by Charles E. Cobb, Jr., entitled “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible” at the Plemmons Student Union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom, Room 201 AB. The lecture is free and open to the public. |