History
Deacons for Defense and Justice
Founded in Jonesboro in 1964, the Deacons for Defense and Justice (DDJ) was a Black self-defense organization that protected local civil rights activists.
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Government, Politics & Law
Jimmie Davis
Country music singer Jimmie Davis served two nonconsecutive terms as governor of Louisiana, from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964.
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