Deacons For Defense
How did the politics of race shape the emergence of the Deacons for Defense?
- How did the politics of gender shape the organization?
- What was the relationship between the Civil Rights Movement and the Deacons? Between Black Power and the Deacons?
- In your view, why or why not did the Deacons qualify as a ‘militia’?
- What do the Deacons tell us about the relationship between gun politics and race?
