JASMIN YOUNG
UC PRESIDENT’S POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
“SHE STOOD THERE BY HIM WITH A GUN”: Mabel Williams and the Philosophy of Armed Resistance
OCTOBER 29, 2019, 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Stevenson Fireside Lounge
Reception to Follow
Mabel Williams practiced armed resistance when white vigilante violence and police repression threatened the lives of activists. This talk interrogates the gendering of armed resistance and reveals the complex set of struggles between Black men and women about Black self-defense.
