Arguement Summary and Critique A letter from birmingham jail
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Argument Summary and Critique: A Letter from Birmingham Jail
In 1963, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched into Birmingham to protest the existing segregation laws. Fellow black protesters and King were arrested, which caused the clergymen to compose a letter appealing to the black population to stop their demonstrations. Dr. King directed "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" toward the clergymen in Alabama to take a stand against the segregation that was swallowing the state. Martin Luther King's letter strives to explain absolute immorality of unjust laws together with what a just law is, justify the desperate need for nonviolent direct action, , and his disappointment with the Church, who lack to take on responsibilities as people of God. In enlightening the clergymen, it also provided inspiration to the Civil Rights movement and to the struggle for race equality.
King begins his letter by explaining to the eight clergymen that protesting segregation in a nonviolent way is justified. "Nonviolent direct actions seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue"...