A Considered African American Philosophy and Practice of Arms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3641102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas J Johnson (0000-0001-9915-0591, Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 156-184 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1867 • E-ISSN: 2153-5086 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/718999 |
| OpenAlex | W4280502538 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In the spring of 1963, Holmes County, Mississippi voting rights activist Hartman Turnbow fought off a terrorist attack on his home with his sixteen-shot semiautomatic rifle. Later, Turnbow explained that his gunfire was perfectly consistent with the nonviolent philosophy of the freedom movement, declaring, “I wasn’t being non-nonviolent, I was protecting my family.” Turnbow embraced armed self-defense and political nonviolence without any sense of contradiction. In this, he channeled a generations-old practice and philosophy of arms that was an integral part of Black response to racist terrorism, mobbing, state failure, and majoritarian tyranny
Contradiction · Criminology · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |