The following are the factors that contributed to the
outbreak of violence in the fight for civil rights:
1.
Malcolm X, Black Panthers, and others’
philosophy of violent protests
2.
African Americans’ reaction to the assassination
of civil rights leaders
3.
backlash against white racist acts
4.
poor living and working conditionsespecially in
urban areas
5.
difficulty in eradicating de facto segregation
in the North
