Letter from Birmingham Jail

In Why We Can’t Wait, Dr. King describes the civil rights movement and the actions that took place to bring change in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. King starts the book off with the description of two African American children. The children are examples of children that suffer from poverty and limited opportunities. He demands for action. African Americans are still fighting for their rights, even years after amendments and the Emancipation Proclamation were passed. Dr. King is determined to make…

King defends himself time and again throughout the essay with this view that laws can be just or unjust and says that “just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths” (10). Myths are created by mankind, and relating laws to myths and half-truths implies that the government is simply controlled by society, not just lawmakers. The relationship between society and lawmakers lives…

(and vice versa) came from the religious ideology he followed (X, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” 1965, 34). Nevertheless, Malcolm admitted that the Muslim world really altered his way of thinking and stopped him from making harsh generalizations on white men. This change is due to what he claims to have been a spiritual rebirth after vising Mecca, where he contemplated on the idea that white Americans could actually be cured from this “illness” known as racism (X, “Letters from Abroad,” 1965, 58)…

broke by being in the place restricted to blacks was Jim Crow law which segregation principle was extended to parks, cemeteries, theatres, and restaurants in an effort to prevent any contact between blacks and whites as equals. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King responded to Clergymen’s criticism about his activities which they thought were “untimely and unwise”. King explained African Americans were treated unfairly and cruelly, and it was difficult to wait any longer. He argued that…

stated that, “There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation.” With Birmingham having been one of the most segregated cities in the United States, it is extremely likely that the explanation for the bombing going unsolved stems from the fact that colored people simply did not receive the same access to protection under the law as Caucasians did. When the government fails…

Hero is defined as "a person who is admired for great or brave acts of fine qualities". The concept of hero first came from the Greek. "Warrior who lives and dies in the pursuit of honor" is considered as the definition for a classical hero. In the current word, different countries and races commend for diverse heroes, who sacrifice his or her profits in order to contributed more to the society. Martin Luther King, a progressive civil movement promoter, is considered to be an undeniable hero in…

year old daughter why she can’t go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children…” ( Martin Luther King Junior, Letter from Birmingham jail.) I really like how much detail he put forth, and really, he’s asking them a question along with his statement meant. He’s asking them, ‘ How would you feel if that was your child that you are letting down,…

the Pursuit of Happiness. Reading further into this statement, one can see that the men Jefferson was writing about were caucasian males. Women and African-Americans were excluded from this definition of equality. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, by Martin Luther King Jr., show the struggles of women and African-Americans respectively. Women and African-Americans were not represented and, were it not for King or Stanton,…

I, however, believe this to show Malcolm X’s sense of urgency toward the civil rights situation at hand. Countless times in this address he calls to his fellow African Americans to inform themselves to the “ballot” or political atmosphere of their community. In place of violence, Malcolm X believes “that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community”. He wants his fellow black citizens to better themselves and improve their communities using political…

the success of the protest. When the nation saw the children in Birmingham being sprayed with fire hoses and being attacked by dogs, it brought on an entirely different view of the civil rights movement. The city negotiated with Martin Luther King by Hiring black workers, and also desegregate public accommodates. Bull Connor was finally removed from his office. Because of the protest during the civil rights movement, today Birmingham has a black mayor, William A. Bell,…