A Call for Unity and Order in Alabama.
On the 12th of April 1963 eight undersigned clergymen published a letter through a local newspapers in Alabama, calling for unity among the white and African American of Alabama. They urge African American leadership to stop demonstrations and agreed to have an open honest negotiation about the issue of racism and civil rights. They insist the issue should be explored with common senses amongst local leaders in the courts. The clergymen authored “An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense” which yield an increased forbearance and a willingness to face the facts; with consequence of racial friction and unrest in the town. The clergymen believed that the demonstration was influenced by an outsider which …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in Birmingham jail four day after clergymen letter was published, on the 16th of April 1963 he responded to the eight clergymen letter. King use his letter to answer every criticist statement that the eight clergymen state about his idea of leading the greatest nonviolent civil right movement; and also state his mission of fighting injustice beyond his home town. He justified his nonviolent demonstration with four principles: “collection of facts to determine whether there is injustice; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action”. So after he has gone through all this step, he believed, that nonviolent demonstration is the only way to create tension and to force white supremacist of Alabama whom are engulf in racial injustice to negotiate and come to their senses. He refute the idea of racial issue should only be addressed in court not on the street. He reasoned that 340 years of wait is enough and it is the right time to act; because injustice within the court has aroused righteous anger on the street. He then question if white power structure in Alabama in 1963 encourage
On the 12th of April 1963 eight undersigned clergymen published a letter through a local newspapers in Alabama, calling for unity among the white and African American of Alabama. They urge African American leadership to stop demonstrations and agreed to have an open honest negotiation about the issue of racism and civil rights. They insist the issue should be explored with common senses amongst local leaders in the courts. The clergymen authored “An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense” which yield an increased forbearance and a willingness to face the facts; with consequence of racial friction and unrest in the town. The clergymen believed that the demonstration was influenced by an outsider which …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in Birmingham jail four day after clergymen letter was published, on the 16th of April 1963 he responded to the eight clergymen letter. King use his letter to answer every criticist statement that the eight clergymen state about his idea of leading the greatest nonviolent civil right movement; and also state his mission of fighting injustice beyond his home town. He justified his nonviolent demonstration with four principles: “collection of facts to determine whether there is injustice; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action”. So after he has gone through all this step, he believed, that nonviolent demonstration is the only way to create tension and to force white supremacist of Alabama whom are engulf in racial injustice to negotiate and come to their senses. He refute the idea of racial issue should only be addressed in court not on the street. He reasoned that 340 years of wait is enough and it is the right time to act; because injustice within the court has aroused righteous anger on the street. He then question if white power structure in Alabama in 1963 encourage