▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁B irmingham ▁campaign ), ▁had ▁worked ▁closely ▁with ▁an ▁armed ▁defense ▁group ▁that ▁was ▁led ▁by ▁Colonel ▁Stone ▁Johnson . ▁ ▁As ▁Alabama ▁historian ▁F ry e ▁Ga ill ard ▁writes , ▁ ▁... th ese ▁were ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁men ▁Fred ▁Sh utt les worth ▁adm ired , ▁a ▁mirror ▁of ▁the ▁t ough ness ▁he ▁asp ired ▁to ▁himself … They ▁went ▁armed ▁[ d uring ▁the ▁Fre edom ▁R ides ], ▁for ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁real ities ▁of ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁movement ▁that ▁however ▁non vi ol ent ▁it ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁at ▁its ▁heart , ▁there ▁was ▁always ▁a ▁current ▁of ▁' any ▁means ▁necessary ,' ▁as ▁the ▁black ▁power ▁advoc ates ▁would ▁say ▁later ▁on . ▁▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁March ▁Again st ▁F ear , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁division ▁between ▁those ▁aligned ▁with ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King , ▁Jr . ▁and ▁those ▁aligned ▁with ▁Car m ich ael , ▁marked ▁by ▁their ▁respective ▁s log ans , ▁" Fre edom ▁Now " ▁and ▁" Black ▁Power ." ▁ ▁While ▁King ▁never ▁end ors ed ▁the ▁s log an , ▁and ▁in ▁fact ▁opposed ▁the ▁Black ▁Power ▁movement , ▁his ▁r het or ic ▁sometimes ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁it . ▁In ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁book ▁Where ▁Do ▁We ▁Go ▁From ▁Here ?, ▁King ▁wrote ▁that ▁" power ▁is ▁not ▁the ▁white ▁man ' s ▁birth right ; ▁it ▁will ▁not ▁be ▁legisl ated ▁for ▁us ▁and ▁delivered