The Deacons for Defense

The Deacons for Defense
Author: Lance Hill
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2006-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780807857021


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In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed self-defense organization--the Deacons for Defense and Justice--to protect movement workers fr


The Deacons for Defense
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Lance Hill
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-02-01 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed
The Deacons for Defense
Language: en
Pages: 398
Authors: Lance Hill
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-12-15 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed
The Deacons for Defense
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Lance Edward Hill
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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The author offers the first detailed history of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, which grew to several hundred members and 21 chapters in the Deep South and
The Deacons
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: L. LaSimba M. Gray
Categories: African Americans
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Four-G Publishers

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We Will Shoot Back
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Akinyele Omowale Umoja
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-22 - Publisher: NYU Press

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"Ranging from Reconstruction to the Black Power period, this thoroughly and creatively researched book effectively challenges long-held beliefs about the Black