The 60s in America

A topic that has been brought up in American Studies a few times over the last couple days is the idea of revolt, or response to an oppression faced by a people. This was epitomized in the Black Panther Movement of the 60s, which served basically as a black police, meaning they were there to protect and serve African-Americans. But the question is, is armed or militant response to oppression ever justified, and in my opinion, yes it definitely can be justified, depending on the degree of oppression and the degree of armed response. In this case of the Civil rights movement,  especially with black Americans, I believe it is justified. For one, this oppression, the racism, the segregation had been going on for so long, that some hard force that would be able to persuade the government that this movement is here to stay and this is for real. The reason I approve of militant response in some scenarios is that it emphasized the strength/power of the movement. However this violent response has to be to an extent to which there is no violence that kills, or violence that is largely unnecesary. Basically it should be in a manner of defending the honor of the race. Not just for the excuse of it and for the sake of being violently opposed to an idea. So in finality, violent response is justified to an extent.