Deliverance | Historical Context

Deliverance Historical Context

Aftermath of Civil Rights

In recent years, "militias" of white men in camouflage fatigues, gathering at camps in the woods to learn to protect themselves with weapons and survive on the land, resistant to government intrusion, have become common. Separatists who have attracted national attention include the Weaver family that had an armed confrontation with federal agents

There is controversy about whether a wallet-sized card loaded with an individual's medical history would be helpful, in case of accidents, or subject to invasion of privacy abuse.

at Ruby Ridge in 1992; the Branch Davidian followers of charismatic religious leader David Koresh, whose standoff against Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents ended in the incineration of then-bunker in 1993; and Timothy McVeigh, convicted of the bombing of a federal office building in 1995. Sociologists explain the behaviors of these and other groups like them as stemming from the sense of betrayal felt by...
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