@efjbgc @melissagira especially reminds me of the #DeaconsForDefense who stood guard outside meetings of non violent resistance groups like #CORE in #Jonesboro, La., so they could safely conduct their business. cf "This #Nonviolent Stuff′ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the #CivilRights MovementPossible" by #CharlesCobb

I didn't know anything about @efjbgc till I read that article by @melissagira. It resonates with 1960s Black armed self defense groups like the #DeaconsForDefense, #LowndesCountyFreedomOrganization and the #BlackPanthers