That was most excellent and engrossing.  But, I do not agree in any way that violence works.  Violence is rarely justified or results in positive change.  Even if there is a desired and perhaps, "moral", victory, many suffer and pay the price, sometimes for generations (Russian Revolution, US Civil War, etc).   Violence conquers, which is not to say that it "works".  I was a white teen, sympathetic to the civil rights movement, during the 60's, and very much an MLK admirer.  I think MLK's non-violent strategy was the best way to facilitate change and have that change accepted faster by the opposition.  People were impatient and embraced violence more, but it seems that it would have resolved faster with 20yrs of concentrated non-violent lobbying, which would have massively improved things by the late 80s.  Even 30yrs or 40yrs would be an improvement over what we have.  The big thing I observed in the 60s, was that, and it's still true today, the opposition will look for anything negative in those demanding massive change, which reinforces people's negative beliefs even more.  They tried to destroy MLK and Malcolm X in the papers and on TV, every single day, even after they were murdered.  Esp after.  There was, and still is, a very different moral standard applied to those in power vs those who are not, esp racially.  The Black Panthers and their message of violence and even reverse racism and segregation, unfairly colored the image of the Black Power movement, and enforced the prevailing stereotype of the "frightening" and "violent" Black man, and thus set back racial progress. Did they have a point?  Of course, and esp after King and Malcolm were murdered, but many in those movements, esp after the assassinations, didn't understand politics (what? they are going to fight the entire US military?).  When society's consciousness has to be changed, I think MLK's way was more likely to succeed.  You can't force someone to believe something, although you can pass laws and have people act as if, but guns have no chance to affect that positively or end resentments.  Similarly, law enforcement is finding this out as their institutional violence can be captured on video now.  I digress, but Imagine if lynchings could have been recorded?