Deacons for Defense and Justice
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Greta de Jong collection
Collection
Identifier: 585
Content Description
Collection consists solely of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file reports on various organizations and incidents in specific geographic areas: Louisiana Farmers Union, Communist Party of Louisiana, Southern Gentlemen, Deacons for Defense and Justice, Iberville Parish school desegregation, Citizens Council of Louisiana, Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Louisiana, St. Helena Parish school desegregation, and of African Americans who were beaten while registering to vote in...
Dates:
Other: 1941-1970
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
/
Greta de Jong collection
Lance Hill papers
Collection — Container: 9 boxes
Identifier: 745
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memoranda regarding counterintelligence and surveillance on the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups in the greater New Orleans area as well as FBI reports on these groups, also including the Bogalusa Civic and Voters League. The bulk of these materials, dating from 1964 to 1971, regard the Klan in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Complementing these are collected articles on the Deacons for Defense and Justice, briefs and other research...
Dates:
Created: 1939-2017; Other: Majority of material found in 1964-1971; Other: Date acquired: 7/15/2004
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
/
Lance Hill papers
Filtered By
- Subject: Civil rights workers X