Equality should be guaranteed to every person living, but some people don’t believe it to be for everyone. In the letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. and the speech Selma by Barack Obama, the progress of civil rights and effects of equality are explored. Martin Luther King Jr. lived through the heat of the civil rights movement, and was a major contributor to the movement. The letter was a response to everyone who questioned his methods, like breaking laws. Martin Luther King Jr. explores the idea of how an unjust law is no law at all, as he is accused for being a criminal for breaking an unjust law, only set for African Americans. Examples of how inequality was at the time, are shown as an example of “Funtown” talking about how a little girl can’t go, because of her skin. It seeks to put the reader in the shoes of an African American, and make an understanding for why all groups should be equal. However, Barack Obama 50 years later made a speech on what happened in Selma, and to reflect on the progress
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It only applies to them, and not whites. Technically he didn’t commit a crime, but by his skin color, they separated him into a group, and made it a crime for them. Martin Luther King is educated, and he uses historical evidence to back up his facts. In the letter “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. he uses the example of people questioning him breaking laws, and liks it to philosophers or thinkers of history, even religious figures. King quotes from a notable St. Augustine “That an unjust law is no law at all.” A way to put it is, a law should apply to everyone, and if it only applies to a group of individuals, then it is unjust. Religious groups would recognize the saint, and have a better understanding of the problem. Once they see the injustice, they would agree with King and have a religious viewpoint on what is
It only applies to them, and not whites. Technically he didn’t commit a crime, but by his skin color, they separated him into a group, and made it a crime for them. Martin Luther King is educated, and he uses historical evidence to back up his facts. In the letter “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. he uses the example of people questioning him breaking laws, and liks it to philosophers or thinkers of history, even religious figures. King quotes from a notable St. Augustine “That an unjust law is no law at all.” A way to put it is, a law should apply to everyone, and if it only applies to a group of individuals, then it is unjust. Religious groups would recognize the saint, and have a better understanding of the problem. Once they see the injustice, they would agree with King and have a religious viewpoint on what is