The southern students, in contrast, came with what she saw as “a rather simple philosophical orientation, namely of the Christian, non-violent approach,”78 but they had been the ones actually involved, demonstrating their capacity for suffering and confrontation in ways that the northern students had not. They were the ones who suffered from the problem and it was important to her that they be allowed to determine the shape and substance of the response to it. The southern character of the movement had to be preserved.
