Deacons for Defense and Justice

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Deacons_for_Defense_and_Justice
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Deacons for Defense and Justice
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 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 6