Title The Deacons for Defense : Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (398 pages) Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Beginnings; 2. The Deacons Are Born; 3. In the New York Times; 4. Not Selma; 5. On to Bogalusa; 6. The Bogalusa Chapter; Section of Illustrations; 7. The Spring Campaign; 8. With a Single Bullet; 9. Victory; 10. Expanding in the Bayou State; 11. Mississippi Chapters; 12. Heading North; 13. Black Power--Last Days; Conclusion: The Myth of Nonviolence; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary Offers a history of the Deacons for Defense and Justice who led some of the successful local campaigns in the civil rights movement. The author provides a narrative of a working-class armed self-defense movement that played a crucial role in compelling the federal government to neutralize the Ku Klux Klan and uphold civil rights and liberties Notes English Print version record Subject Deacons for Defense and Justice -- History Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT Deacons for Defense and Justice fast Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) fast Subject African American civil rights workers -- Louisiana -- Jonesboro -- History -- 20th century Self-defense -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century African American civil rights workers African Americans -- Civil rights Civil rights movements Political violence Race relations SUBJECT Southern States -- Race relations Louisiana -- Race relations Mississippi -- Race relations Subject Louisiana Louisiana -- Jonesboro Mississippi Southern States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780807863602 0807863602 9780807857021 0807857025 9780807828472 0807828475 9798890872098

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