An Analysis Of Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail

In Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King shares with his fellow congressmen the reason why he has come to Birmingham. Mr. King gives an order to either take a stance with him or to move along and get lost. He believed that in order to stand up, he would have to break the norm that society has been dealing with for many decades which is what the American transcendentalism movement was all about. Racism in Mr. King’s attitude should have already been abolished because he sees that it is an intolerable act which cannot be lived with any longer. As smart as the white leaders thought they were, throwing him in a jail cell was one of their many mistakes. He would write this letter to be sent to all the religious leaders in and around Birmingham to rally as one to get to their common goal. …show more content…
King was not afraid of the repercussions he would have faced for writing such letter, he makes everyone aware of the mentality that he now has. He has left the days that people choose to live their life day by day, allowing the torment from the white people to carry on throughout the community. This makes him a great and powerful leader that chooses to not fight physically but with peaceful, yet just as intimidating action. Martin Luther King, focused on not only equality for black and whites but for anyone who was mistreated, abused, and segregated. Like, so many other Transcendentalists, Mr. King realized that although it may be a different direction from what others are used to, he must take stand and go against the existing