The Negro was willing to risk martyrdom in order to move and stir the social conscience of his community and the nation... he would force his oppressor to commit his brutality openly, with the rest of the world looking on.... Nonviolent resistance paralyzed and confused the power structures against which it was directed.


Why We Can't Wait (1964)


The Negro was willing to risk martyrdom in order to move and stir the social conscience of his community and the nation... he would force his...

The Negro was willing to risk martyrdom in order to move and stir the social conscience of his community and the nation... he would force his...

The Negro was willing to risk martyrdom in order to move and stir the social conscience of his community and the nation... he would force his...

The Negro was willing to risk martyrdom in order to move and stir the social conscience of his community and the nation... he would force his...