Kulture of Evil

Sheriff Dorman Crowe, running for re-election in the thick of the bubbling cauldron of early 1960s civil rights turmoil, realized that the times were definitely changing in his rural Louisiana town. Facing serious opposition from a Klan candidate, Crowe vowed to hire Black deputies if he were to be elected again. The Black community came through for him, and he won that contest. True to his word, he hired Oneal Moore and Creed Rogers as his two Black deputies, subsequently standing behind them and the work they did. As it turns out, bullies are often sore losers with long memories, and the two deputies were the victims of the Klan's rage. This book takes you to that place, helps you understand the socio-political climate of the time, and the extraordinary bravery of Deputies Moore, Rogers and Sheriff Crowe amid an investigation into cowardly cruelty.