Man vs. the state: Economist Walter E. Williams reflects on his long career battling Jim Crow, big government, and liberal orthodoxy.(Up From the ... review): An article from: Reason
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Citation DetailsTitle: Man vs. the state: Economist Walter E. Williams reflects on his long career battling Jim Crow, big government, and liberal orthodoxy.(Up From the Projects: An Autobiography)(Book review)
Author: Damon Root
Publication: Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2011
Publisher: Reason Foundation
Volume: 43
Issue: 1
Page: 65(2)
Article Type: Book review
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Up From the Projects: An Autobiography, by Walter E. Williams, Hoover Institution Press, 150 pages, $24.95
ON MAY 29, 1963, Pvt. Walter E. Williams of the U.S. Army's 30th Infantry Division wrote a letter to President John F. Kennedy denouncing the pervasive racism of the American government and military. The armed forces may have been officially integrated at that point, but as Williams knew from firsthand experience, Jim Crow was still alive and well on military bases throughout the South and overseas. "Should Negroes be relieved of their service obligation or continue defending and dying for empty promises of freedom and equality?" Williams demanded. "Or should we demand human rights as our Founding Fathers did at...
