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Youtube Presentations
- Deacons for Defense (19 min.) - History and interviews with actual organizational members
- Jerry Martin - Member of Deacons for Defense - This is a full interview with Jerry Martin who was a member of the organization. Great primary source of information. (1.5 hrs.)
- This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible - Author Charles Cobb discusses his book This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed (1 hr. 36 min.)
- We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement - Author Dr. Akinyele Umoja speaks on his book We Will Shoot Back (50 min. - Starts at 7:00)
- “Guns Kept People Alive” During the Civil Rights Movement
- Armed Resistance in the Civil Rights Movement
- Guns Made Civil Rights Possible: Breaking Down the Myth of Nonviolent Change
- Armed for Nonviolence
- The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers had the Weapons
- The Secret History of Guns
- As NRA Membership Wanes, America’s Largest Black Gun Group is Thriving
- “Black Guns Matter” Focuses on Firearms Education to Decrease Violence
Firearm Safety & Operation Basics
- "The Universal Firearm Safety Rules" (11 min.)
- Introduction to Range Safety and Etiquette (9 min.) - Thinking about going to the shooting range but want to know what it is like ahead of time? Check this out.
- How to Safely Load and Unload a Semi-Auto Pistol and Magazine (18 min.)
- 5 Common Pistol Shooting Mistakes We See at Classes (13 min.)
Books*
- "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible" by Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
- "We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement" by Akinyele Omowale Umoja
- "Negroes With Guns" by Robert F. Williams
- "Negroes and the Gun: The Black Tradition of Arms" by Nicholas Johnson
Organizations
- National African American Gun Association
- Black Gun Owners Association
- Huey P. Newton Gun Club
- Black Arms Gun Club South Florida