{"product_id":"book-eala","title":"The Deacons for Defense","description":"In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed self-defense organization—the Deacons for Defense and Justice—to protect movement workers from vigilante and police violence. With their largest and most famous chapter at the center of a bloody campaign in the Ku Klux Klan stronghold of Bogalusa, Louisiana, the Deacons became a popular symbol of the growing frustration with Martin Luther King Jr.'s nonviolent strategy and a rallying point for a militant working-class movement in the South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLance Hill offers the first detailed history of the Deacons for Defense and Justice. In his analysis of this important yet long-overlooked organization, Hill challenges what he calls \"the myth of nonviolence\"—the idea that a united civil rights movement achieved its goals through nonviolent direct action led by middle-class and religious leaders. In contrast, Hill constructs a compelling historical narrative of a working-class armed self-defense movement that defied the entrenched nonviolent leadership and played a crucial role in compelling the federal government to neutralize the Klan and uphold civil rights and liberties.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49368181637424,"sku":"BDeala","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49368181670192,"sku":"ZEeala","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49368181702960,"sku":"ZMeala","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/eala-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779262632","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-eala","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}