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Clarence Triggs FBI File
Clarence Triggs FBI File
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Bogalusa (La.)
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Clarence Triggs was a 24-year old bricklayer, construction worker and US Army veteran who was found murdered by the side of the road in Bogalusa on July 30, 1966. Despite the fact that Triggs had taken park in a Bogalusa Voters League voting rights march a month earlier, Police Chief Claxton Knight confidently declared there were “no racial implications in the death.” After the Bogalusa Voters League called for nightly marches every night until the case was solved, Bogalusa Police gave in to the pressure and arrested Klan members Homer “Kingfish” Seale and John Copling on August 1. Copling was tried and acquitted by the jury in less than an hour. Seale was never prosecuted. The case was reopened by the FBI as part of the civil rights era Cold Case Initiative, but remains unsolved. These redacted files were obtained through a FOIPA request from the Hicks Foundation and cover the period from 1966 to 1967.
Deacons for Defense and Justice FBI File
Deacons for Defense and Justice FBI File
Deacons for Defense and Justice
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Civil rights
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Black power
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Bogalusa (La.)
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Jonesboro (La.)
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The Deacons for Defense and Justice were an armed self-defense organization of Black men who came together to protect and defend Black communities and civil rights workers from white violence, at a time when law enforcement not only refused to provide that protection, but at times participated in the violence. The Deacons were founded in Jonesboro, Louisiana in November 1964, and the first chapter of the Deacons was formed in Bogalusa in February 1965. From there the Deacons spread to at least 21 other cities, mostly in the South. The FBI began conducting surveillance on the Deacons in early January 1965, relying on a network of informants. These files were obtained through a FOIA request from the Washington Parish Public Library and are somewhat less redacted than previous copies of these files available online.
Oneal Moore FBI File
Oneal Moore FBI File
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Ku Klux Klan
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Varnado (La.)
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Washington Parish (La.)
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Oneal Moore and David Creed Rogers were the first African American Deputy Sheriffs hired by the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office in 1964. On the night of June 2, 1965, Oneal Moore was shot and killed while driving his patrol vehicle in Varnado, LA. Creed Rogers was blinded in one eye. An arrest was made that night, but the suspect was released on bond and never prosecuted. The FBI reopened the investigation again in 1990, 2001 and 2009, and closed it in 2016, stating “the FBI is no closer to solving it today than they were 50 years ago.” These files were obtained through a FOIPA request from the Hicks Foundation and cover the period from 1965 to 1994. The more recent files are redacted almost to the point of erasure, while the earlier reports are more lightly redacted. The Foundation has removed 17 pages containing autopsy photos from the report in accordance with the wishes of the Moore family.
Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan: FBI File
Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan: FBI File
Ku Klux Klan
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United States. Department of Justice
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Bogalusa Voters League
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Bogalusa (La.)
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Washington Parish (La.)
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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