The Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement
Editorial Reviews
Chicago Tribune, June 20, 2004
"A forceful . . . challenge to the shelfful of civil rights histories."
Review
"This well-argued revisionist text should spur useful debate and encourage others to recast traditional civil rights-era narratives."
The Journal of American History
"Hill's ground-breaking, historical narrative adds not only to Southern historiography, but to that of the United States as well."
Louisiana History
"Hill has written a masterful account of a vital, understudied organization. This will undoubtedly be the book on the Deacons for a long time."
The Journal of Southern History
"This is a significant book."
The North Carolina Historical Review
"An engaging writer, Hill has written a graceful book that fills an important gap in civil rights scholarship."
Florida Historical Quarterly
The Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement
The Deacons for Defense: Armed Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement,Lance Hill,The University of North Carolina Press,0807828475,20th century,African American civil rights,African American civil rights workers,Deacons for Defense and Justic,Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General,History,Jonesboro,Louisiana,Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights,Political Science,Political aspects,Political violence,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Self-defense,Southern States,United States - 20th Century,Deep South; Ku Klux Klan; Martin Luther King; Jonesboro, LA; Bogalusa, LA; segregation; discrimination; civil rights movement; Decons for Defense and Justice; nonviolence; African American freedom movement,Political Science / Civil Rights
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