Henry David Martin On Civil Disobedience

Martin recalls this quote by Henry David Thoreau whenever doubt began creeping in his mind. He realized though that the boycott was the right thing to do. In that situation, the quote's meaning is that if the black communities were to keep ignoring and suffering through their oppression, nothing would be done to fix it and it would be like they were agreeing to it. Without standing up to the evil that is pressed against the black people, they would succumb down again. If a person isn't fighting against the known evil, they are letting it happen. Simply allowing the evil continue without punishment or revoke would have the same effect as saying that it is okay.
There will always be people who aren't strong enough to fight the evil, but the ones