“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr. is in response to the clergymen who branded the protests against King’s confinement as “unwise and untimely.” While King does indicate that he does not usually reply to criticism, he does defend his nonviolent resistance approach toward racism. King reveals the four basic steps of nonviolent direct action which are: collection of facts, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. He goes into incredibly emotional detail when describing the injustices towards blacks done by the whites. For instance, he mentions that the explanation to one’s six-year-old daughter as to why they cannot go to an exclusive all-white amusement park will leave “your tongue twisted and your speech
