Dr. King expounds upon how the black people are being taken advantage of by saying that, “Throughout Alabama all sorts of devious methods are used to prevent Negroes from becoming registered voters, and there are some counties in which, even though Negroes constitute a majority of the population, not a single Negro is registered.” (King 383). The reasoning provided in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail” indicates that during that time black people had little to no right to vote. The black men and women had to go through a more rigorous screening to vote than white people, causing whole counties to be deprived of any black registered
Dr. King expounds upon how the black people are being taken advantage of by saying that, “Throughout Alabama all sorts of devious methods are used to prevent Negroes from becoming registered voters, and there are some counties in which, even though Negroes constitute a majority of the population, not a single Negro is registered.” (King 383). The reasoning provided in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail” indicates that during that time black people had little to no right to vote. The black men and women had to go through a more rigorous screening to vote than white people, causing whole counties to be deprived of any black registered