Deacons For Defense
Deacons for Defense & Justice The Deacons for Defense & Justice was an organization of Black men formed in Louisiana during the Civil Rights-era to …
Series
Robert Fuller
Robert ‘Shotgun’ Fuller: The 1960 Murder of Albert Pitts Jr., David Lee Pitts, Earnest McFarland and Alfred ‘Monk’ Marshall and Wounding of Charlie Willis In …
Shooting at Southern University
Victims: Denver Smith and Leonard “Douglas” Brown Background In the fall of 1972 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, students began protesting for better school …
Growing Up in Klan Family: Earcel Boyd
Earcel Boyd was a member of the Silver Dollar Group and a statewide officer in the Louisiana Realm of the United Klans of America. Two …