Charles Cobb And His Book: This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed

By Joseph Cooper,

Published March 30, 2015 at 3:08 PM EDT

3/30/15 - Former Brown University Department of Africana Studies faculty member and staff writer for National Geographic, Charles Cobb recounts his involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, when he was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

He’s written a book which reflects on his participation called, THIS NONVIOLENT STUFF’LL GET YOU KILLED.

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