Dr. King’s letter from Birmingham jail was a letter that defended the strategy of nonviolent actions, which argued people naturally had the urge to break unjust laws. While king was in jail, an ally smuggled in a newspaper that contained an article called “A Call for Unity” which provoked king to write a response to the clergymen criticizing his methods. However, even though the article was written by clergymen in which Dr. King understood their importance and status in the church, Dr. King still managed to write the letter to them in a scholarly way. From another point of view, Malcom X, human rights activist, delivered his public speech at Cory Methodist Church in Ohio. Malcom X separated from the Nation of Islam, which had disagreements
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King opens this letter with addressing the clergymen who criticized his actions during protests in Birmingham. Dr. King refers to their claims of him being an “outsider” and defends himself in a straightforward tone, and explains that he was there because of his organizational ties with the SCLC who asked for his nonviolent action program to fight the injustice in Birmingham. Dr. King believed that all cities and towns should work together and all carry the same amount of freedom and justice wherever it is practiced. All states should work together as they all have commons and are interrelated. Dr. King states, “If injustice is practiced somewhere, then it threatens justice everywhere.” Dr. King’s process in taking nonviolent action is in four steps: collecting facts to determine where the injustice is present; negotiation; self-purification; then direct action. The steps already have been taken and he implies racial injustice covers the community. The Negro community has waited for their justice, for a while actually. The word “Wait!” became “Never!”, as they have waited almost 340 years for their justice. There are two types of laws, just and unjust laws. Everyone has a moral responsibility to follow just laws, but the opposite with unjust laws. Dr. King states, “An unjust law is no law at all”. He criticizes the white moderates and believed that they were the largest obstacle in obtaining their justice. Dr. King hopes the community will eventually see the justice of …show more content…
The Dixiecrats were one of the major dishonesties within the system. The Dixiecrats were basically southern democrats, but they were given a name as they were a group that basically controlled the smaller committees that ran the government. The Dixiecrats had seniority because they originated from a state where the Negro can’t vote. Malcom X asks, “Why can’t they simply pass something that will help you and me?” The issue here is the house, especially the Dixiecrats, hold the bills like a giant con game that they call a filibuster. A filibuster is the right to unlimited debate. Essentially, any member or members of the house or senate can prevent a vote or a bill from passing, and is an obstruction from the decision making process. Malcom X suggests that the people are not only impairing the whole black community and others, but also are violating the constitution with the guarantee of the rights to
King opens this letter with addressing the clergymen who criticized his actions during protests in Birmingham. Dr. King refers to their claims of him being an “outsider” and defends himself in a straightforward tone, and explains that he was there because of his organizational ties with the SCLC who asked for his nonviolent action program to fight the injustice in Birmingham. Dr. King believed that all cities and towns should work together and all carry the same amount of freedom and justice wherever it is practiced. All states should work together as they all have commons and are interrelated. Dr. King states, “If injustice is practiced somewhere, then it threatens justice everywhere.” Dr. King’s process in taking nonviolent action is in four steps: collecting facts to determine where the injustice is present; negotiation; self-purification; then direct action. The steps already have been taken and he implies racial injustice covers the community. The Negro community has waited for their justice, for a while actually. The word “Wait!” became “Never!”, as they have waited almost 340 years for their justice. There are two types of laws, just and unjust laws. Everyone has a moral responsibility to follow just laws, but the opposite with unjust laws. Dr. King states, “An unjust law is no law at all”. He criticizes the white moderates and believed that they were the largest obstacle in obtaining their justice. Dr. King hopes the community will eventually see the justice of …show more content…
The Dixiecrats were one of the major dishonesties within the system. The Dixiecrats were basically southern democrats, but they were given a name as they were a group that basically controlled the smaller committees that ran the government. The Dixiecrats had seniority because they originated from a state where the Negro can’t vote. Malcom X asks, “Why can’t they simply pass something that will help you and me?” The issue here is the house, especially the Dixiecrats, hold the bills like a giant con game that they call a filibuster. A filibuster is the right to unlimited debate. Essentially, any member or members of the house or senate can prevent a vote or a bill from passing, and is an obstruction from the decision making process. Malcom X suggests that the people are not only impairing the whole black community and others, but also are violating the constitution with the guarantee of the rights to