An Analysis Of Martin Luther King Junior's Argument Against Injustice

Many people believe that everyone should be created equal. Being created equal shows that everyone gets the same rights. While some believe everyone should get the same rights, many others do not. The people that don’t think everyone should be equal, may threaten or harm others. Those people in danger should always protect themselves. If one experiences injustice they should defend their beliefs and let their voice be heard. Martin Luther King Junior had many ideas on how to stand against injustice. In a “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” Luther talks about his opinions about campaigning. Martin Luther says “ In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustice exists; negotiation; self purification; and direct action” (Martin Luther King Jr. Stanza 6). Luther believes that if one is feeling injustice they should defend themselves. He even provides ways they could do so. Those ways are “ to determine whether injustice exists; negotiation; self purification; and direct action”. By people taking his advice and doing those few things it could potentially set an …show more content…
“A Raisin in the Sun” is about a family that doesn’t have a lot of money and wants to move into an all white community after they received money from their insurance. Mr. Linder, the neighborhood coordinator, tells them that they are not wanted in the neighborhood they want to move into. Walter decides that they should continue to make their move and he tell Mr. Linder “ And we have decided to move into our house because my father - my father - he earned it for us brick by brick” (Hanberry 148). When Walter feels Mr. Linder is treating his family with injustice he decides he is going to defend them. By Walter defending his family this shows Mr. Linder that he should not treat them this way and they should be just as equal as any other family in the