Founded in 1964, The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed Black self defense group who stood up against the KKK and discriminatory treatment by police in the Jim Crow South.
Though the group supported the values of MLK, they didn’t subscribe to his nonviolent philosophy.
The black men who stood up when no one else would.
On July 10, 1964, a group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana led by Earnest “Chilly Willy” Thomas and Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick founded the group known as The Deacons for Defense and Justice.
As the black leaders began to rise to the occasion in the Deep South, conflict was sure to come knocking. The deacons provided security for black leaders all over the south. They worked closes with king tho he preached non violence.
You know warrior class don’t get no love.
The Deacons emerged as one of the first visible self-defense forces in the South and as such represented a new face of the civil rights movement. Traditional civil rights organizations remained silent on them or repudiated their act.
The Deacons were mostly black veterans of World War II and the Korean War. Theses have shed some blood.
Without the help of these men, I don’t know how far or long the civil rights movement last. The attacks on our communities were viscous.
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The problem is that unless China, Iran, and Russia mount a strong front to protect Africa. It will be invaded by the same Al-Qaeda and ISIS forces that took down the Syrian regime. Those dark forces are nothing but the zombies hordes at the service of the American and Western empire.