Question

Using the quote below, why did Stokely Carmichael not agree with Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs. views? Explain your answer using evidence from the quote.


Dr. King’s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States.  His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That’s very good. He only made one fallacious assumptions: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience.

Answer 1

Carmichael was known as an Honorary Prime Minister to the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary self defense group. They fought back with violence, which opposed they views of King. They simply did not agree because King valued a nonviolent approach while Carmichael believed violence should be incited in defense