I came across this fascinating mini-documentary on Blip TV about how gun laws have been -and still are - used to keep our black countrymen unarmed:
"No Guns for *******"
The most interesting thing (to me) was the mention of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, a voluntary militia (there's that dirty word again) of southern black Korea and WWII vets who protected civil rights marchers and black neighborhoods during that tumultuous era. I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of them before. It also turns out that Professor Lance Hill of Tulane University published a book about them in 2006 which I plan on ordering very soon. Amazing stuff.
"No Guns for *******"
The most interesting thing (to me) was the mention of the Deacons for Defense and Justice, a voluntary militia (there's that dirty word again) of southern black Korea and WWII vets who protected civil rights marchers and black neighborhoods during that tumultuous era. I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of them before. It also turns out that Professor Lance Hill of Tulane University published a book about them in 2006 which I plan on ordering very soon. Amazing stuff.