The letter was was written to directly criticize king for his actions in Birmingham and elsewhere, they also criticized him for being an outsider and that he has no business involving himself in another states affairs. King read this letter and felt hurt to receive such criticisms. King then wrote a response on paper that was smuggled into the jail by his fellow inmates. “Dr. King wanted Christian ministers to see that the meaning of Christian discipleship was at the heard of the African American struggle for freedom, justice, and equality” (Washington 84). King also noted that resting to unjust laws is a moral obligation to those who stand by and lay witness to them. Once King finished the letter which spanned over many pages, he sent bits and pieces with his lawyer who then sent the bits and pieces to reverend Wyatt Walker who then edited and compiled the letter into one uniform piece of writing. Letter From Birmingham Jail was printed over 1 million times and sent to a myriad of churches throughout the country, it was published in all different kinds of newspapers and magazines such as The New York Post and Atlantic Monthly (Kelly
The letter was was written to directly criticize king for his actions in Birmingham and elsewhere, they also criticized him for being an outsider and that he has no business involving himself in another states affairs. King read this letter and felt hurt to receive such criticisms. King then wrote a response on paper that was smuggled into the jail by his fellow inmates. “Dr. King wanted Christian ministers to see that the meaning of Christian discipleship was at the heard of the African American struggle for freedom, justice, and equality” (Washington 84). King also noted that resting to unjust laws is a moral obligation to those who stand by and lay witness to them. Once King finished the letter which spanned over many pages, he sent bits and pieces with his lawyer who then sent the bits and pieces to reverend Wyatt Walker who then edited and compiled the letter into one uniform piece of writing. Letter From Birmingham Jail was printed over 1 million times and sent to a myriad of churches throughout the country, it was published in all different kinds of newspapers and magazines such as The New York Post and Atlantic Monthly (Kelly