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A Movement That Needed Violence


A movement that needed the bloodiest war on American soil that pitted brother against brother cousin against cousin to die and rot in a field for progress can't be expected to be continued without violence said Malcom X said Malcom X a movement that needed fire hoses and beatings and police brutality that pitted man against man a movement that needed an assassination to finally make a change needed violence to be continued said Malcom X said Malcom X
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