The Deacons for Defense
| Author | : Lance Hill |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 2006-02-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0807857025 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780807857021 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (021 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Deacons for Defense by : Lance Hill
Download or read book The Deacons for Defense written by Lance Hill and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
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