Deacons for Defense and Justice

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:humanitarian
gptkbp:activeYears	1964–1970s
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Congress_of_Racial_Equality
gptkbp:dissolved	1970s
gptkbp:documentedIn	Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement (book by Lance Hill)
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Bogalusa,_Louisiana 1964
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Bogalusa,_Louisiana
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Black_Panther_Party
gptkbp:notableEvent	protected CORE activists protected civil rights marches in Bogalusa
gptkbp:notableFor	armed self-defense during civil rights movement
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Freddie_Green gptkb:Robert_Hicks gptkb:Charles_Sims gptkb:A.Z._Young
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Freddie_Green gptkb:Robert_Hicks gptkb:Charles_Sims gptkb:A.Z._Young
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Ku_Klux_Klan local law enforcement (in some areas)
gptkbp:purpose	protect African-American civil rights activists self-defense against Ku Klux Klan violence
gptkbp:servesArea	gptkb:Alabama gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:Louisiana gptkb:Mississippi gptkb:Southeastern_United_States
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:Deacons_for_Defense_(2003_film)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bogalusa_civil_rights_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Deacons for Defense and Justice