The Deacons for Defense
Download or Read eBook The Deacons for Defense PDF 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.
| 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 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Deacons for Defense by : Lance Hill
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
