In 1963, racism was fully enforced and a very big part of the people’s lives. African-Americans were disrespected and didn’t have nearly as much freedom and rights as the white people did. Martin Luther king, along with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, worked on trying to stop all the segregation and cruelty against the African-Americans. In April of 1963, King wrote a letter which was titled the Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Over the course of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. writes to acknowledge a public concern expressed by eight white religious leaders of the South. At that time, King was the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which ran in every southern state. Alabama members of the conference requested that King come to Birmingham and take part in a non-violent direct-action protest. King, along with others from the group, showed up. Because of this protest against the racial segregation, all of them ended up in jail. On the fourth day in jail, April 16, 1963, he wrote the letter addressing the eight men and also intending to grab the attention of the whole community. He states that …show more content…
Nothing greater, nothing less. At one point of his letter, he replies to the criticism about why he is there, in Birmingham. He states that he is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and that he has organizational ties, and was invited to be in Birmingham. This shows that King has a lot of knowledge on the subject of discrimination and is well informed on the subject of injustice. He points out that he has the right to be there, because no one living inside the U.S. can be considered an
Over the course of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. writes to acknowledge a public concern expressed by eight white religious leaders of the South. At that time, King was the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which ran in every southern state. Alabama members of the conference requested that King come to Birmingham and take part in a non-violent direct-action protest. King, along with others from the group, showed up. Because of this protest against the racial segregation, all of them ended up in jail. On the fourth day in jail, April 16, 1963, he wrote the letter addressing the eight men and also intending to grab the attention of the whole community. He states that …show more content…
Nothing greater, nothing less. At one point of his letter, he replies to the criticism about why he is there, in Birmingham. He states that he is the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and that he has organizational ties, and was invited to be in Birmingham. This shows that King has a lot of knowledge on the subject of discrimination and is well informed on the subject of injustice. He points out that he has the right to be there, because no one living inside the U.S. can be considered an