Comparing Speech At The March On Washington And Letter From Birmingham Jail

In the article “Speech at The March On Washington” by Josephine Baker and “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. both argue about discrimination and making a solution with non-violence such as protesting. To achieve true freedom, you must practice non-violence in order to protect your rights. To begin with, in order to achieve true freedom one must protest peacefully. According to the text “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Baker states “We must come to see that, as the federal courts have consistently affirmed it is wrong to urge individual cease his efforts to gain his basic constitutional rights because the quest many precipitate, it is. “This evidence is valid and relevant because they realize what was wrong and there should be certain rights. Also, according to “Letter from Birmingham Jail” King states “Non-violent direct action seeks to create such as crisis a community who has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.” This evidence is valid and relevant because wit non-violent with non-violent actions towards the issue they can get their point across. Based on Martin Luther King’s letter It demonstrates that if you want to get …show more content…
According to “Speech at The March On Washington” Baker believes that the young should protect themselves as Baker states “Not beat me, mind you, with a club but you know I have seen that done too but they beat me with their pens, with their writings.” This demonstrates that the young can protect themselves with their education. Also, based on the “Speech at The March On Washington” Baker states “You must get an education. You must go to school and you must protect yourself.” By saying this, Josephine is saying they need help in order to protect themselves which could be people with experiences. Indeed, Bakers message to the young was to get an education and protect themselves without using violence and handling situations