Deacons for Defense, Jonesboro, Louisiana
Kicked ass and took names!
The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed African American self-defense organization formed in 1964 in Jonesboro, Louisiana, to protect civil rights activists and local Black communities from Ku Klux Klan violence. Founded by veterans, they provided armed protection and challenged the mainstream civil rights movement's nonviolent strategy, growing to over 20 chapters.

Modes of Fighting Back

Armed Self-Defense: Many Black communities relied on veterans, such as Harry Haywood, who argued that their military training should be used to protect their homes rather than fight foreign wars.

The Black Press: Newspapers like the Chicago Defender documented white violence and encouraged self-defense, countering narratives that blamed Black residents for the "riots".

Legal & Political Resistance: The NAACP, founded in 1909 in response to racial violence, fought against lynching and for voting rights, including legal challenges against "grandfather clauses".

Economic Independence: Movements to build black-owned businesses and neighborhoods, such as in Durham, North Carolina, or Greenwood, Oklahoma, served as a direct challenge to the idea of white economic superiority.
New-York Historical Society

Throughout these periods, Black residents often faced, in addition to white mobs, efforts by police and state militias to disarm them, often leading to lynchings or mass arrests of the victims of the violence.
Zinn Education Project

Key Instances of BLACK Resistance
Slave Rebellions (18th–19th Century): Resistance included acts like the Stono Rebellion (1712) and Nat Turner's rebellion (1831), which were direct, violent responses to the brutality of slavery.

Post-Civil War/Reconstruction (1865–1877): Black men and women fought back against early Ku Klux Klan violence to protect their newly won voting rights and political positions.

The Red Summer of 1919: Following World War I, Black veterans and civilians armed themselves against white mobs attacking Black communities across the U.S.

Washington, D.C. (July 1919): Black residents, including WWI veterans, organized armed resistance to defend their neighborhoods against mobs of white sailors and soldiers.

Chicago (July 1919): After a white mob murdered a black teenager, black citizens formed self-defense units and fought back for several days.

Knoxville, Tennessee (Aug 1919): Armed Black men successfully repelled hundreds of white rioters attempting to destroy the black community.

Elaine, Arkansas (Sept 1919): Black sharecroppers organized a union for better pay and, when attacked by white planters, fired back in self-defense.

1921 Tulsa Massacre: Black residents of the Greenwood District (Black Wall Street) armed themselves to fight back against a white mob and city-sanctioned destruction.

Civil Rights Era (1950s–1960s): Groups like the Deacons for Defense and Justice provided armed protection for civil rights workers in the South, while the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (founded 1966) challenged police brutality in urban areas.
Zinn Education Project

Black Americans have a long history of fighting back against white supremacy through armed self-defense, legal challenges, and organized resistance. Notable instances range from slave rebellions to organized resistance during the "Red Summer" of 1919 and the Black Power movement of the 1960s.
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A tale of two African Continents, the White depiction of the continent, and the truth. The Middle East was always apart of the true Albulekan Continent.

A tale of two African Continents, the White depiction of the continent, and the truth. The Middle East was always apart of the true Albulekan Continent.

A tale of two African Continents, the White depiction of the continent, and the truth. The Middle East was always apart of the true Albulekan Continent.

HIS MERCY IS DIVINE, PART 1

Hebrews 4:16
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

The Father made King David the 2nd greatest King in all of Yisrael after Yahusha, His Son. David was after the Father’s own heart, yet he was arguably the most flawed individual in the Bible. He did not always exhibit courage, faith, or conduct distinct of a man with this great of a responsibility. David did not defend his daughter, Tamar, after her brother, Amnon, tricked her and ravaged her body. Absalom was Tamar’s brother. He held this vile act against his sister, which was a strong offense in Yisrael. Absalom waited to avenge Tamar’s stolen virtue. He was wise as a snake. That vengeance burned in his heart for 2yrs when the day finally came and he finally avenged Tamar’s stolen chastity. Amnon behaved like a spoiled child of a King; he was a jerk. David’s children were as flawed as he was, but they didn't have a relationship with the Most High like their father David. I want to focus on David and why the Father refused to let him build a temple for the Ark of the Covenant. The Most High told David he could not build a temple to honor Him because he had blood on his hands; he was a warrior. Was that blood the blood of Uriah the Hittite, a field general in his army? David tried to hide his poor indiscretion of impregnating Uriah’s wife Bathsheba by enticing Uriah to sleep with her to make him think the child was his. NOPE.

2 Samuel 11:8-15
8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

David wasn't wicked or evil; he was a whore. Nathan told David to build a temple for the Ark of the Covenant. {2 Samuel 7:1-3 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee}. This was before David sent Uriah on a suicide mission. This is why the Father placed a curse on the house of David forever. Nathan told him there will be spilled blood forever in his house, but he extended His grace toward David in verse 13 of {2 Samuel 12:1-7, 13 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 13 And David said unto Nathan, Continue—

HIS MERCY IS DIVINE, PART 2

I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die}. That's the favor we all seek with the Father, but aren't willing to give up our vices, secret sins that He sees, and the bitter rage in our hearts that's unforgiving. David was convicted by the Father’s mercy to tell all of Jerusalem that he wasn’t the one who shall build a temple for the ark of the covenant {1 Chronicles 28:2-3 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood}. Elijah spilled blood as well, the blood of Jezebel's false prophets. {1 Kings 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table}. Elijah slayed them after they cut their flesh, prayed, and sacrificed to Baal; he mocked them openly as their god was of no effect. Elijah went so far as to tell them to make the altar for the Most High’s sacrifice seemingly impossible to burn Elijah’s offering. I'm not saying that Elijah was more faithful and steadfast than David, not at all. Elijah fled from Jezebel and hid in a cave, wishing death upon him. David asked Yahuah to take his life after the Father placed one of 3 possible curses on Jerusalem when David ordered a census to be taken throughout the land. Thousands were slain by the Father’s angel. David wept before the Most High to take his life and spare these lambs who suffered because of his disobedience. It was a showing of selfless sacrifice and penance. Obedience is better than sacrifice unless you're the savior of the world. It was the Father who knew David’s heart and spared Jerusalem and King David. Elijah overcame his fear of Jezebel, and Jehu killed her at the hands of 2 eunuchs when she tried to seduce him. Jezebel was too old to seduce men of a young age. Painting her face to hide the ugly mask of horror that lay beneath didn't fool Jehu. He killed her because she was a sorceress, a witch, and a whore. David fled from his son Absalom along with some of his faithful out of Jerusalem into the mountains. After having Uriah murdered in battle, the Father did not kill David, but he put him to an open shame as a part of his rebuke, yet the Most High still loved David. Throughout all of his faults, David still maintained a great model of faith that you might judge as faithless or lacking. In the book of Psalms, David wails and bemoans to the Father of Yisrael as his enemies overwhelm him round about. To the unknowing and unbelieving, this looks like a man lacking faith who is fearful at all times, but not by any means. David knew who made him King over Yisrael and who anointed him as King. More than that, he lived according to the Father’s will although he walked contrary at times as David was a lustful man who couldn't keep his lance in his pants or ephod. The Father talked to Elijah while he was in the cave. Moses talked to the Most High face-to-face; while on Mount Sinai, Moses and 70 elders sat with the Father, they broke bread and drank wine. {Exodus 24:9-11 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink}. He laid not His hand upon them. No one has seen the Father on earth save these men, as far as the Bible’s account goes. The Most High said if you see me, you have passed over, not Moses or these men. Yahusha said to be separate from the body is to be present with the Father for some. The Bible is a gift to those who have a relationship or understanding with the Father or the Holy Spirit. Atheists and agnostics will nitpick at the word, pointing out any discrepancy or contradiction they can’t interpret with a carnal mind. Believing in your new age religion that is based relatively on the Hebrew faith is heresy. On the Day of Judgment there will be no agnostics or atheists. You will either serve Yahuah or Satan in eternal rest or eternal torment. You will see the one who will judge all, including His saints; choose. Neither David nor Elijah was perfect on earth, but they are perfected in the flesh in heaven. Continue—