We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement Free Audiobook Download by Akinyele Omowale Umoja

The journey to the Mississippi river is a chronicle of this nation's radical history. In 1939, in the town of Hernando, Mississippi, six hundred black men armed with rifles and shotguns descended upon the sheriff, who was armed only with a shotgun. The result was a standoff that led to victory for those who resisted. In 1941, African-American sharecroppers on Schultz plantation refused to work for less pay than their white counterparts and struck for better conditions. They ran into gunfire from the Sheriff and his deputies but eventually won their demands.

We Will Shoot Back has a conversational tone in its audio version, making it easier to digest. The author of the work offers very informative and historical background on the state of Mississippi during the mid-1960's and his personal experiences with unrest and changes in the state.

In this book, Akinyele Umoja argues that armed resistance during the freedom movement in Mississippi was a central component. He outlines how guns were used during the Civil Rights Movement to prevent and protect civil rights.

In the summer of 1964, a group of unarmed black civil rights workers were shot and killed at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama by members of the Ku Klux Klan. The killing of these people sparked a series of protests and work stoppages that became known as the Mississippi Freedom Movement. The Movement focused on the use of non-violent resistance to oppose racist laws and segregation practices. However, because armed resistance was not allowed by law, freedom fighters created an underground movement that used violence to break down racial barriers in Mississippi. This audiobook details how some civil rights activists intended to combat racism with armed resistance.

Akinyele Omowale, author of "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement," takes a deep dive into a specific moment in history in which armed resistance against the violent police forces of white supremacy became an essential part of organizing for freedom and justice.

We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement is a book about the armed resistance of civil rights workers in Mississippi in the late 1960s. This work seeks to answer some of the pressing questions surrounding that movement. The author, Akinyele Umoja, does so by exploring armed resistance as well as African American history and cultural identity.