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The Katherine Massey Book Club @ The C.O.W.S. hosts Session 13 on The Memoirs of Robert & Mabel Williams: African American Freedom, Armed Resistance, & International Solidarity. We read the first portion of Mabel Williams' memoir and commented on how her perspective on Racism evolved over her life. A recap of last week's session focused on : Not Too Radical At First: In contrast to Robert F., Mabel Williams says that her family was more concerned with not making trouble and staying out of White people's way. White Jesus: In strong contrast to Robert F., Mabel Williams has a detailed description of being baptized as a young girl and the importance of church in her life. Robert Williams does not recount a similar church experience his portion of the book. Unemployed (privileged?) Black Males: In her book and her later talks, Mabel Williams recounts how she was always able to land employment. Perhaps not the best paying or most glorified positions, but a job with a paycheck none the less. In contrast, Robert F. and many other black males were perpetually unemployed or exclusively hired on a temporary basis for low wage, low skill jobs. This Racist Labor code caused a myriad of problems for attempted marriages like that of Robert and Mabel Williams. Medical Apartheid: Mabel describes working at the local hospital and gaining a much better understanding of Racism. She tells us the black babies were stored in the basement and kept in the area with dirty needles and rubbish. In this environment, 75% of black babies died. White doctors made Racist Jokes about black people. Call-In Number: 720.716.7300 Code: 564943# 💻 No phone? Join online using the VoIP Dialer: https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/dialer #TheCOWS17Years #RobertAndMabelWilliams #MilitaryIntelligence #CounterRacism #RadioFreeDixie #GlobalWhiteSupremacy #Michigan #MonroeNC #FOIA INVEST in The COWS! PayPal: [http://paypal.me/TheCOWS](http://paypal.me/TheCOWS) Cash App: [https://cash.app/$TheCOWS](https://cash.app/$TheCOWS)