This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

Writer and journalist Charles Cobb discusses his new book, “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible.“ Speaker Biography: Charles E. “Charlie“ Cobb, Jr. was a Mississippi field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1962-1967 working primarily in the Mississippi Delta. A founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Cobb was a foreign affairs reporter for National Public Radio and from 1985-1997 a member of the editorial staff of National Geographic magazine -- the first black writer to become one of that magazine’s staff writers. In July 2008, Cobb was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit