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The car was occupied by members of the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Their duty was to defend the black community. They were formed in response to “intimidation, harassment, and beatings of black demonstrators and picketers” (Border Street, p. 27)...
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27). Given that not much was done to curb the violence on the part of the local law enforcement a group like the Deacons was the only obvious force able to maintain some level of protection. It is believed that the Deacons had as many as fifty chapters in the southeastern states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama...
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