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t While it Is comparatively e a s y to describe philosophics, a it is almost *impossible to neatly f i t existing organizations into one ' draw from each philosophy. And e a i h of the practicing philosophies supplement and complement each other. Tk hile the Nationalists as a group claim that they are not aggressively violent (but admit advocating violence in self defense), adherepts of that persuasion accounted for the recent hotel-roof shootout in New Orleans, the Muslim sect mas- sacre in Washington, D.C. and theJwo-day sporting goods store seige in New York. While the Integration Movement was founded on the p r i n c i p b of non-violent civil disobedience, their marches and pro- tests often led to violence. ' .And while revolutionaries discount the value of the integrationist theory, they support their activities because they contribute to confusion in society. ' or mother category. In practice, most activist groups and individuals . I I It should be understood that black extremists can enjoy some ..dcgtee of influence only when social conditions exist within the black community which lend credence to their philosophies. It is perhaps a universal human law that as people become more desperate in their search for quality ol life, they will pk6gressively resort to more des- perate means to achieve it. The real question is what the majo.rity of black Americans pcr- ceive their situation to be. lead to renewed racial disorders? would r e s o r t to the extremes of revolutionary viofence? Americans so frustrated that they would answer the call of the Nation- alist movement and divorce themselves from mainstream society? Or do cornmcntators, columnists and spokesmen for and analyzers of the black movement exaggerate the plight of black Americads? Are they so desperate that Itustiation will Are they so desperate that they A r e black Arthur Fletcher, director of the United Negro College Fund, and formerly an Assistant Secretary in the Labor Department, said in January that the nation's blacks are facing the same kind of moial despair thcy faced in' the 1940's and 195O's, and that."the generation of pcacc will became a generation of hell for black youth if thcy a r e allowed to grow outsidc this country's mainstream. '' On 2 February, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, profcssor of psychiatry a t Harvard Univcrsity soundcd an even strongcr warning. According 3 3 . . * L