On this day, 15 August 1961, a local group of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People in Monroe, North Carolina put forward a 10 point programme for racial equality to the town aldermen. Faced with massive racist violence with police collusion, many black residents took up arms to defend themselves. More info here: https://libcom.org/history/negroes-guns-robert-f-williams https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1188717861313362/?type=3