The Deacons for Defense


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In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an armed self-defense organization--the Deacons for Defense and Justice--to protect movement workers fr










The Negro in Pennsylvania; A Study in Economic History ..


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The Relation of Baptized Children to the Church (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from The Relation of Baptized Children to the Church N presenting this little work to the public, it is earnestly hoped that a careful perusal of its contents will awaken a new interest in a subject that deserves careful and serious attention. My con elusions are' reached after twenty-five years of membership in the Christian Church, all of which have been spent in official capa city, both in the Church proper and in the Sunday-school department of the Church. I have observed how the children of some families wander away from the Church as they reach manhood and womanhood, while those of others grow up in the Church and never leave it. I have also observed that when series of special meetings are held, and many adults are converted and brought. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







Fresh from the Farm 6pk


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Greece by Prejudice


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American novelist tells of year spent with Greek relatives, mainly in the poor agricultural district of Hora in the Peloponnesus.







Amite County, Mississippi, 1699-1890


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Information contained within this volume: 1) Marriages - Adams Co., MS. 1799-1821; Wilkinson Co., MS. 1802-1924; Amite Co., MS. 1820-1890; Franklin Co., MS. 1817-1868; Pike Co., MS. 1815-1876; St. Helena Parish, LA. 1813-1875; East Feliciana Parish, LA. 1813-1875; 2) Estate Papers of Amite Co., MS. 1809-1866; 3) Amite County Soliders - Revolutionary (inc. Loyalists), Creek, 1812, Mexican & Civil Wars; 4) Amite County - teachers, merchants, carpenters, brickmasons, mechanics, lawyers, civil officers, etc... 5) Genealogies on some 25 different families.....