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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hill, Lance E. (Lance Edward), 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deacons for Defense and Justice--History.

Deacons for Defense and Justice.

Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--History--20th century.

Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).

African American civil rights workers--Louisiana--Jonesboro--History--20th century.

African American civil rights workers.

Self-defense--Political aspects--Southern States--History--20th century.

Self-defense.

Political violence--Southern States--History--20th century.

Political violence.

African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Race relations.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Southern States.

Southern States--Race relations.

Louisiana--Race relations.

Louisiana.

Mississippi--Race relations.

Mississippi.

Louisiana--Jonesboro.

Physical Description:

x, 363 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004]

Summary:

In his analysis of an important yet long-overlooked organization, Hill challenges what he calls "the myth of nonviolence," the idea that a unitedcivil rights movement achieved its goals through nonviolent direct action led by middle-class and religious leaders. In contrast, Hill constructs a compelling historical narrative of a working-class armed self-defense movement that defied the entrenched nonviolent leadership and played a crucial role in compelling the federal government to neutralize the Klan and uphold civil rights and liberties.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-351) and index.

ISBN:

0807828475

OCLC:

53145259

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