Martin Luther King Junior makes it a point to address the clergymen to correct them on what his morals and the change that needed to happen in society during that time frame. They see him as a negro criminal and that is not at all what his title is. He tells them about what he and other African American men and women stand for. Equality is a god given right and Martin Luther King Jr is informing the clergymen on how wrong they are to question him and his methods on that topic. He explains how wrong they are being treated in this time frame and how the world needs to accept him and other African Americans. He is bringing justice to all African Americans.
“But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.” Martin made it a priority …show more content…
He educates on how if someone has a sit-in or march that it makes the community confront the issue. It puts the issue of concern in white supremacists’ faces to show them the Negro community is here for the long haul. He expresses how peaceful protesting has pushed them further to breaking the segregation border than anything. Delaying these actions any further could result in society never changing and people just accepting the status quo that is segregation. Martin Luther King Junior tells about how other countries have eliminated segregation and how the United States of America are living in the past. The push people need to make a stand and force a change in America is dire in this …show more content…
Police officers have denied the African Americans food in jail due to them wanting to sing grace together. He calls police officers’ behavior towards African Americans inhumane due to the fact that those people are being treated so inadequately and unfair. To know that not only you, but people the same skin color as you, are being brutally belittled and denied their basic human rights is unsettling. Martin Luther King Junior exposed the real treatment towards African American men and women when no one is looking. Martin explains to the clergymen how police officers actually treat these people once they are out of society’s eye. He brings to light what little respect police officers have towards all African American men and
“But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here.” Martin made it a priority …show more content…
He educates on how if someone has a sit-in or march that it makes the community confront the issue. It puts the issue of concern in white supremacists’ faces to show them the Negro community is here for the long haul. He expresses how peaceful protesting has pushed them further to breaking the segregation border than anything. Delaying these actions any further could result in society never changing and people just accepting the status quo that is segregation. Martin Luther King Junior tells about how other countries have eliminated segregation and how the United States of America are living in the past. The push people need to make a stand and force a change in America is dire in this …show more content…
Police officers have denied the African Americans food in jail due to them wanting to sing grace together. He calls police officers’ behavior towards African Americans inhumane due to the fact that those people are being treated so inadequately and unfair. To know that not only you, but people the same skin color as you, are being brutally belittled and denied their basic human rights is unsettling. Martin Luther King Junior exposed the real treatment towards African American men and women when no one is looking. Martin explains to the clergymen how police officers actually treat these people once they are out of society’s eye. He brings to light what little respect police officers have towards all African American men and