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?