Dr. Martin Luther King's A Letter From Birmingham City Jail

As we all go through life we will all undoubtedly be faced with circumstances that will make us gush with happiness, circumstances that will make us cry from the pits of our souls, and circumstances that will make us want to scream from the highest peak of the mountains. And during all these circumstances many people find themselves awash and looking for wisdom. Wisdom from individuals who have, for instance, already conquered life themselves. For me when I am in one of these situations I look for wisdom from one of my longtime heroes Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

My favorite quote comes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s A Letter from Birmingham City Jail in which he says with a fierce conviction that shallow “understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection [. …And that] we will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

This quote reminds me of everyone’s responsibility that we have toward each other, toward the world, toward the future. We must recognize that …show more content…
It has reminded me of the power of a voice. Like Former President Barack Obama said in his infamous “Fired up, ready to go” speech, “one voice can change a room. And if it can change a room, it can change a city. And if it can change a city, it can change a state. And if it can change a state, it can change a nation. And if it can change a nation, it can change a world.” Dr. King here gives us the reminder of the importance to how powerful as individuals we can be. And how silence is just as powerful. How one voice can change a nation, how a voice like his changed a nation. And how one voice can leave a nation in its desolate