On April 16th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr composed a letter to eight clergymen in order to defend himself and answer to the criticism presented from said clergymen. In Martin Luther King Jr’s letter from Birmingham City Jail, he argues why the use of direct action, such as marches and sit-ins, are justified. He begins to discuss facts that injustices are still present. Shortly after that he details one of the many causes of direct action; due to a lack of negotiation. The author then talks of how poorly black people are treated. Martin Luther King Jr then describes what a just and an unjust law saying that, just are laws that are natural while unjust are harmful moral laws. These unjust laws are not to be obeyed by the people of the civil
