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Podcast: Count Time
Episode: Deacons for Defense and Justice
Description: This Black History Month episode of Count Time Podcast is an excerpt from interview with Charlie Granger as he describes his experiences as a member of the Deacons for Defense and Justice. Includes videos, links to award winning articles and the song "The Deacons" by its founder. LISTEN to the Count Time Podcast episode: "Deacons for Defense and Justice" see notes, transcript, pictures and videos here.The Deacons were an armed Black self-defense group founded in November 1964, during the civil rights era in Jonesboro, LA. African Americans were harassed and attacked by white KKK v...