William Gardner Smith

black and white photograph of protestors during the 1961 Paris protests against a storefront, crouching and covering their heads--the left side of the photograph a figure in a leather trench coat holds a club

William Gardner Smith’s International Solidarity Against Police Violence

ByZeena Yasmine Fuleihan

While there is much to improve in how we support each other at home and across the globe, Smith’s 1963 novel, which documents the 1961 police massacre of Algerian protestors in Paris, reminds us of the immense power in solidarity and our duty to rise up for justice and freedom.