For my first journal entry, my group decided to use this time to discuss the reading assignments from this week, which includes chapter two in Soul of a Citizen, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and Gene Sharp’s “The Methods of Nonviolent Action.” Chapter two was an interesting chapter, because the beginning had talked about the strategies of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr, and how President Nixon bailed Rosa Park out of Jail. I have always been fascinated with the civil right movement in the 1960’s and reading about activist gives me hope that society can change for the better. As I read towards the end of the chapter, I felt that the author’s point of views had changed about the Vietnam War, and started to go
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" was a masterful piece of words, which was put together beautifully to make a statement about the injustice that was everywhere, during the time when he had urged his fellow african americans to stand up for their rights. These words, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," were the foundation of his letter. Dr.King used many different arguments in his letter, which he compared and contrasted the just and unjust laws, and which laws should be followed. Dr. King understands that the clergymen value negotiation over protest, but he insists that negotiations cannot happen without protest, which creates a crisis and tension that forces unwilling parties to negotiate in good faith. Gene Sharp created a list for what to do if you are going to have a protest, a non violent protest, and gives key ideas of displaying symbolic public acts. Everywhere I go, I always see some form of symbolic acts, such as displays of flags and symbolic colours, wearing of the symbol, or a prayer
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" was a masterful piece of words, which was put together beautifully to make a statement about the injustice that was everywhere, during the time when he had urged his fellow african americans to stand up for their rights. These words, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," were the foundation of his letter. Dr.King used many different arguments in his letter, which he compared and contrasted the just and unjust laws, and which laws should be followed. Dr. King understands that the clergymen value negotiation over protest, but he insists that negotiations cannot happen without protest, which creates a crisis and tension that forces unwilling parties to negotiate in good faith. Gene Sharp created a list for what to do if you are going to have a protest, a non violent protest, and gives key ideas of displaying symbolic public acts. Everywhere I go, I always see some form of symbolic acts, such as displays of flags and symbolic colours, wearing of the symbol, or a prayer