• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    19 hours ago

    MLK also was very honest about the fact that the non-violence would only work if enough people committed to it.

    A national strike would do a lot more, but the issue is getting everyone on the same page.

    Which is why you had people like Malcolm X and Fred Hampton waiting in the wings, and why the FBI thought it was important to murder Fred Hampton.