Letter From Birmingham Jail Analysis

What are the steps that can change a person viewpoint on racism? One man was able to do that through these four steps of a nonviolent protest. His name is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was a leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Martin Luther King Jr. organized a campaign against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Due to being an outside agitator, the police came in and took King to jail. King was in jail for eight days. While he was in jail he wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to white clergymen to explain his actions and answer those who urged him to call off the demonstration. In any nonviolent campaign four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. …show more content…
An example of what King wrote that said," Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in courts"(567). Another example when King write's saying," There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation"(567).he also example the unfairness of segregation, “But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you see the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that just been advertised on television. . ."(569).In all the event King saw that there was social injustice in the city of