Eye for an Eye: The Role of Armed Resistance ... - Freedom Archives

participants and observers in the Movement could the role of armed resistance be
placed in the proper perspective . Including new voices in the historiography will
improve our understanding of the broad character of the Movement and about the
southern Black experience .
BriefSum of Chapters
Chapter One : The purpose of Chapter One is to demonstrate that armed
resistance is a tradition in the historic Black freedom struggle . This chapter
presents a brief history of Black armed resistance, particularly in the American
South, from the 16th Century until the early 1950's. The roots of the Black armed
resistance tradition is also explored in this chapter.
Chapter Two : In Chapter Two, a historical background is presented for
the beginnings of the post-World War II civil and human rights offensive in
Mississippi . The nature and role of white supremacist violence in Mississippi is
explored. In exploring the historical background of Mississippi, Chapter Two also
discusses the tradition of armed resistance in the state in the years prior to the
civil and human rights offensive . The organization of the NAACP, throughout the
state, is also explored. Finally this chapter will explore NAACP leader and Move-
ment martyr Medgar Evers and his views of and involvement with armed resis-
tance .
Chapter Three : This chapter focuses on the origin of non-violence in the
Black freedom movement nationally in the state of Mississippi . Much of Chapter
Two concentrates on the interplay between SNCC and CORE, whose activists
were committed to non-violence, and local Black activists in Mississippi, many of