Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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DR, MAFtTi1V LUTHER K°ING (continued)<br />
the victim<br />
~on<br />
<strong>of</strong> an attack, my<br />
father " s request, he showed me that<br />
wound, hardly closeds "fhe pxine "<br />
~~ explained,""that we, the <strong>Black</strong>aa<br />
ale paying ,for our ].ibeza~ior~, ,r<br />
~Iaxtin ~;uther King t s canc~eznnation<br />
t~:death was announced lahg,before<br />
A,p~il 4, 1968, and even beforre the<br />
c~~~th oi~ l+ialcolm X, whc~, waiting a<br />
few days before his own as~assina-~<br />
said : "My vgice is` only a,<br />
~aice among others : But acir goal<br />
~a~ alwa~rs°been the 'e~me :~ Certain-<br />
~yi ~Y mathods are~rad3cally opposee;d<br />
to those <strong>of</strong> Dr : King, the apostle<br />
<strong>of</strong> non-violence, a' doctrine<br />
that h~,s the advantage <strong>of</strong> pa~.nt ng<br />
up the brutality, <strong>of</strong> whites towafds_'<br />
Tacks,, But in the' atmc~sphex'e that<br />
xeigns present7.~ in America, x aiek<br />
myse~,f which <strong>of</strong> these -,TWO extremists<br />
: the 'violent' Malcolm .X or<br />
the ',non-violent,' ; .Dr t ~ Kinq wall .l be<br />
dead first?<br />
,.Todayy ~Stokely ,Carmichael, Rap<br />
gxown~' °~u~ '<br />
Neraton, at~d the numer<br />
ous Blacl~"'leadexs Who advocate self<br />
defense here ,taken up th~2.se p~ap~het<br />
e . words and applied them to themaselves,<br />
. - S:?,nce` they grey ready-made<br />
targets the logic bf,t,h,a system<br />
cc~nc~emns just as we].3~" . thef as the<br />
,. ~~.x~nacence (and ignarai~c~,~r o:E :aagM;, :`<br />
v~:alenCe . The ° dresem <strong>of</strong> , Martin .Lug<br />
ther K3rsg~ did not 't3ie, . as" ,7ol~nsan<br />
said, "with him," but ratter befare~ `<br />
him, az~d it was ;just `this ' (the<br />
death ,,<strong>of</strong>'iiis drr~a~m) that 1c~hed' the,`<br />
man . . "Bettiveen~ Augu~ct 1963 ; and April<br />
1:968 i between a "Mach <strong>of</strong> ~'ashington"<br />
"tha'C ogk place and ; a '<br />
."Niaxch<br />
an . Was~fng~,^ahR' 'that was ` to take '<br />
Qlace f ve ., :ai.~pbztant ~r~azs :<br />
' wexe<br />
p a~tod ©ut . : ~ Five- y,eaxs that marked<br />
the- t~xa~3c ire»erary <strong>of</strong> a 131ae1s who<br />
~,n ~h3s de~p~xa' efforts to sksr~,nk<br />
'the' gad that ~tubbmrnly grows. betwean<br />
the ghettQS anc~ the white ~ower<br />
used himself up . The slow check'<br />
gradual,' <strong>of</strong>ten 3mgerceptible, the<br />
wall <strong>of</strong> despair .<br />
Fizst "conxroritat.iani the dQ<br />
nunciation by Malcolm X and the dis<br />
nherited <strong>of</strong> the ghetto, and the<br />
political and financial mishandling<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Washington march .fib 1963 hY'<br />
.<br />
Dr . Kir:g aid, ;pthe<br />
leader . Then M<br />
after ~hi death b<br />
leader,s~ denounce<br />
ally'aut <strong>of</strong> date"<br />
violence by ,raisi;n<br />
the war~~:n Vietnam<br />
King ab~igsd to~ r<br />
sistance' <strong>of</strong> the<br />
organiza~¢,ioi~ . ' '"I<br />
,<br />
ix~~tegrat3onist<br />
lcolm, followed<br />
numerous J3lack<br />
the "historicaracter<br />
<strong>of</strong> non-,<br />
the gttestiotz <strong>of</strong><br />
Martin Luthe<br />
spond to the in "<br />
outh <strong>of</strong> : his ownhave<br />
gone among<br />
the young ,who ar des~era~e, rejected,~<br />
`-send , ~,angx,<br />
~ .he admitted .<br />
"I , toted " them " ,tha ,guns, , Would 'not<br />
salvr~ their ,px,o}a~.e s,., hec,~,u,se I was<br />
con~iinced ~ -~Ghat . so ial ,cha~nge . eou~d<br />
;nevex be ~ ~ceally<br />
through~-nvn " viol<br />
aGhieued ; c~xcep<br />
nce, . .taut ~<br />
asked me ,q " ar~d " they<br />
-so : + and " ~lieth~m? 1<br />
+cruehed " sne~ ~ and " I .<br />
never again raise<br />
viol~ncei~ <strong>of</strong>~ those<br />
in the ~ghet~tb~s~ i:tius<br />
king aut ;,, in no` ai<br />
gai~ns't the greaf<br />
(continued on<br />
they 1<br />
.<br />
were ;fight to do<br />
Their questifans<br />
new' that I dot~ld<br />
my .. va3.ce, ac~ai~st<br />
ha . aace~ eppxe~sed~<br />
hoot, first apes ;<br />
ier`~ain terms,<br />
t inetigat<br />
a-<br />
age 24)