Guns made civil rights possible: Breaking down the myth of nonviolent change

A crucial part of the struggle's been forgotten: how armed self-defense protected activists from white supremacists

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.
—Ella Baker

I have never subscribed to nonviolence as a way of life, simply because I have never felt strong enough or courageous enough, even though as a young activist and organizer in the South I was committed to the tactic. “I tried to aim my gun, wondering what it would feel like to ... Read more »