Was Dylann Roof following in John Brown's footsteps?

Was Dylann Roof following in John Brown's footsteps? I know it sounds  crazy; after all, John fought to free Black people and of course Dylann Roof was a White Supremacist, who murder nine black people in a church, in a way mocking Christianity. However in a ungodly way ,a similarity that drove both man, and that is violence is the only way to change society. That's not true but all honesty John Brown, alone with many other factors help create the Civil War, which of course was violent but to lead to freeing of slaves, henceforth, promoting social change but there are many examples are social change happing with violence!