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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 · The Deacons for Defense and Justice was founded in 1964 in Jonesboro, Louisiana to protect civil rights activists from the Ku Klux Klan. The organization was made up of black veterans from World War II, who believed in armed self-defense.
19 de nov. de 2007 · On July 10, 1964, a group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana led by Earnest “Chilly Willy” Thomas and Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick founded the group known as The Deacons for Defense and Justice to protect members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) against Ku Klux Klan violence. Most of the “Deacons” were ...
Deacons for Defense is a 2003 American television drama film directed by Bill Duke. The television film stars Forest Whitaker (Academy Award winner), Christopher Britton, Ossie...
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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.
8 de oct. de 2012 · A pamphlet about the Deacons for Defense, an armed self-defense African-American civil rights organization in the U.S. Southern states during the 1960s.
7 de ene. de 2019 · In 1964, the Deacons for Defense and Justice were formed by black men in Jonesboro, Louisiana to protect the black citizens and civil rights activist from the Ku Klux Klan. Armed self-defense...
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