Title The Deacons for Defense : armed resistance and the civil rights movement / Lance Hill.

Publication Info.	University of North Carolina Press : Chapel Hill, [2004]
	©2004

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	E185.615 .H47 2004	Available	---

Description	x, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and index.
Contents	The deacons are born -- In the New York Times -- Not Selma -- On to Bogalusa -- The spring campaign -- With a single bullet -- Victory -- Expanding in the Bayou State -- Mississippi chapters -- Heading north -- Black power-last days.
Subject	Deacons for Defense and Justice -- History.
	Deacons for Defense and Justice.
	History.
	African American civil rights workers -- Louisiana -- Jonesboro -- History -- 20th century.
	African American civil rights workers.
	Louisiana -- Jonesboro.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Self-defense -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Self-defense.
	Southern States.
	Political violence -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Political violence.
	Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- History -- 20th century.
	Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Civil rights.
	Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
	Civil rights movements.
	Southern States -- Race relations.
	Race relations.
	Louisiana -- Race relations.
	Louisiana.
	Mississippi -- Race relations.
	Mississippi.
ISBN	0807828475 alkaline paper