Topic > Integration of Malcolm One example that Malcolm cited was when the police were putting water cannons on black people and throwing tear gas at them and they encountered a hail of rocks, a hail of rocks, a hail of bricks in Cleveland. Black Americans realized that the only way to gain respect and freedom was to fight back, and Malcolm provided an example of how George Washington violently fought for independence. Malcolm realized the need to fight for all blacks in the world because if one black was treated anyway and nothing was done, another black in another country or place would face the same fate and be treated anyway without any consequences, so the freedom must be achieved violently and he did not care if it involved bloodshed. Malcolm said: “What happens to a black man in America today, happens to a black man in Africa. What happens to the black man in America and Africa, happens to the black man in Asia and to the Down man in Latin America." Overall, approximately twenty-two million African Americans were ready to fight