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?
