Item
Bibliographic Resource
FBI Wanted poster for Robert Franklin Williams
- Title of the Document
- FBI Wanted poster for Robert Franklin Williams
- One Line Summary
- This is a wanted poster from the FBI for Robert F. Williams. It reflects the government’s efforts to suppress his activism, viewing it as a threat to the existing social order.
- Author
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Date Created
- August 31, 1961
- Location
- Washington D.C.
- Type of Document
- Government Document
- Publisher
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Transcription
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WANTED BY THE FBI
INTERSTATE FLIGHT – KIDNAPPING
ROBERT FRANKLIN WILLIAMS
Photograph taken May, 1961
DESCRIPTION
Age: 36, born February 26, 1925, Monroe, North Carolina
Height: 6’ Complexion: Dark Brown
Weight: 240 pounds Race: Negro
Build: heavy Nationality: American
Hair: black Occupation: freelance writer, freight handler, janitor, machinist Eyes: brown
Scare and Marks: scare left eyelid, scar left nostril, scar on calf of right
- Provenance
- “FBI Wanted poster for Robert Franklin Williams, August 31, 1961." Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.