“The Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” was written by Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. on April 16, 1963 and talks about different things towards eight clergymen who disagree with Dr. King. During the time when Dr. King wrote this he was especially saddened on how the church, mainly the white clergy, did not assist the religious civil rights movement. King believes white supremacists gave the oppressed African Americans no choice but to act out.
The purpose of any writing is the reason why the author is writing about the topic that he or she is talking about. Dr. King’s purpose for the letter was to state to the clergymen that it offended him how they stated that what he was doing was not at the best time and wrong. It was a justification of civil …show more content…
Most people would agree that in the past they thought everyone would want equal rights but that is wrong. If anything back then the white individuals assumed that if black people waited long enough, their situation would naturally grow better. Some white individuals did not even know about the suffering and humiliation the black individuals went through. “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 sister…” he states in the letter. Dr. King’s followers believed in different principles like he did such as obeying the law, practicing peace and not violence even though his people were being …show more content…
The implications regarding Dr. King display how he was being correct all along that it was the correct place and time to have justice for African Americans in the United States. If justice is served towards segregation then the result of it will be having an equal country where everyone has equal rights and everyone will be treated equally instead of being treated differently based on the color of his or her skin. These repercussions of ideas as demonstrated by Dr. King seem likely to happen because unlike in the past we now, a new millennium, not only are against segregation but also are against people who are racist towards people with another skin
The purpose of any writing is the reason why the author is writing about the topic that he or she is talking about. Dr. King’s purpose for the letter was to state to the clergymen that it offended him how they stated that what he was doing was not at the best time and wrong. It was a justification of civil …show more content…
Most people would agree that in the past they thought everyone would want equal rights but that is wrong. If anything back then the white individuals assumed that if black people waited long enough, their situation would naturally grow better. Some white individuals did not even know about the suffering and humiliation the black individuals went through. “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 sister…” he states in the letter. Dr. King’s followers believed in different principles like he did such as obeying the law, practicing peace and not violence even though his people were being …show more content…
The implications regarding Dr. King display how he was being correct all along that it was the correct place and time to have justice for African Americans in the United States. If justice is served towards segregation then the result of it will be having an equal country where everyone has equal rights and everyone will be treated equally instead of being treated differently based on the color of his or her skin. These repercussions of ideas as demonstrated by Dr. King seem likely to happen because unlike in the past we now, a new millennium, not only are against segregation but also are against people who are racist towards people with another skin