** spoiler alert ** 
 I grew up about 60 miles south of Robert F. Williams hometown, but he was the age of my parents, and his part in history was before I was reading the newspaper for news. So all i know about him and his influence on the Black Power movement is from this book. 
 Reading history, particularly history that I haven't done a lot of research into, I ask the question "does this fit in what what I do know". I've done some reading on parts of Monroe, NC, (the then Mayor Ray Shute) and lot of reading, talking to folks, and recollecting about my own memories about segregation and prejudice in the south. I read nothing here that contradicts what I know. This suggests that it is probably accurate. 
 A couple of problems, one is mentioning that the 1950s Cuba was the place to go to for activities illegal in the USA, right after mentioning a prominent North Carolina TV commentator and future well known politicians visit there was rather unfair. Funny, but unfair. The book also is not about "Radio Free Dixie" and has little on William's exile years. 
 For those who don't know what segregation and Jim Crow were like, this book will allow you a peek into one town's life during those years.