“Simply put: because nonviolence worked so well as a tactic for effecting change and was demonstrably improving their lives, some black people chose to use weapons to defend the nonviolent Freedom Movement.” NonviolenceCivil Rights MovementFreedom Movement Book:This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible Source: This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible