Williams, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1925-1996

  • An interview with Robert Williams (Part 1)

    Part one of Robert Williams being interviewed by Marc Schleifer in Cuba in March 1962. Williams describes life in Cuba and his migration there in order to escape racism in the southern United States. Reel 3 is currently unavailable. KPFA Folio note, July 4, 1962: The militant North Carolina Negro leader who fled the United…

  • An interview with Robert Williams (Part 2)

    Part two of Marc Schleifer’s interview with Robert Williams conducted in Cuba in March 1962, in which Williams describes life in Cuba and his migration there in order to escape racism in the southern United States. Reel 3 is currently unavailable. KPFA Folio note, July 4, 1962: The militant North Carolina Negro leader who fled…

  • Challenge to Negro leadership : the case of Robert Williams

    In the thirty spare minutes before the next broadcast, KPFA host Chris Koch reads aloud the article “Challenge to Negro leadership” regarding NAACP leader Robert Williams, written by Julian Mayfield, and published in Commentary Magazine, April 1961.