Discrimination In Letter From Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr. was sentenced to the Birmingham jail in 1963 for protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. While in jail, King reflected upon the different types of discrimination that was occurring throughout America and knew that changes needed to be made to promote equal opportunities for all people, regardless of race. While he was falsely confined in jail, he wrote the famous, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and described," Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider.” (King,1963). Martin Luther King Jr., stood his ground and died fighting for the equality and justice of African American's and when he states that anyone who lives …show more content…
Martin Luther King, Jr., was trying to establish new heights in overcoming prejudice and racism in the Black community. Racism existed in all areas in the United States. Segregation was everywhere as white and blacks did not exist together. They were a community divided in the community whether it be the school system, transportation arena, and designated restrooms for whites and colored. Even the mannerisms of how white people talked in reference of the Black community. Blacks were addressed as niggers, colored, boy, and John. Even the women were not respected as they were not addressed as Mrs. White. Law enforcement were expected to protect the Black community but many times they did not. They either carried out crude acts of abuse themselves or, allowed members of the white community to carry out their own violent acts of punishment by attacking or even killing members of the Black community. There was no equal opportunity for Blacks as compared to the white race (King, Jr.,