In 1963, God was a long lost figure in American lives, as well as in many lives today. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a pastor, husband, and loving father, writes a powerful biblically based letter in regards to a statement from a group of white clergymen. In this letter, King uses many strong Biblical allusions and Christian references, to create a sense of guilt in the minds of his readers and the churches of Birmingham, by comparing scripture and spiritual figures, to how the government and clergy should handle racial segregation issues, not only in Birmingham, but in all of America.
King writes that, “Just as the Apostle Paul left his little village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ…I am too compelled to carry the gospel of…