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The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed African-American self-defense group founded in November 1964, during the civil rights era in the United States, in the mill town of Jonesboro, Louisiana.
17 de jun. de 2022 · Learn about the black veterans who formed the Deacons for Defense and Justice in 1964 to protect civil rights activists from the Ku Klux Klan. Find records from the FBI Case Files on Civil Unrest at the National Archives.
19 de nov. de 2007 · Learn about the Deacons for Defense, a self-defense group of African American veterans who protected civil rights activists from the Ku Klux Klan in the South. Find out their history, achievements, challenges and legacy in this article.
1 de mar. de 2005 · Offering a clear alternative to both the tactics and the philosophical underpinnings of the civil rights “establishment,” the Deacons provided security for marches and rallies, formed community patrols to discourage night riders, and engaged in armed confrontations with Ku Klux Klansmen and police.
The Deacons for Defense and Justice* By CHRISTOPHER B. STRAIN* On a sultry July evening in 1965, a cavalcade of cars driven by members of the Ku Klux Klan barreled into a predominately black neighborhood of Bogalusa, Louisiana, as they had done on countless nights before.
This video is a historical monograph of the Deacons for Defense and Justice--an African American self-defense organization that arose during the Civil Rights...
Civil Rights Act, the Deacons’ militant politics and armed actions forced a pivotal showdown in Bogalusa between the government and southern segregationists. Although the Deacons began as a simple self-defense guard to compensate for the lack of police protection, they soon developed into a highly visible
