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Chuck Milositz
19 July 2011
Mr. Lotti
English Composition II
Journal 1
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", holds high importance in American history because this document explains in detail the trials and tribulations, struggles, negativity and rejection from society, and feats taken to end the segregation movement of the late 1950's through the 1960's. Rev. King wrote this letter in a jail cell to prove that he and his followers would pursue at any cost, to obtain the same equal rights, freedoms, and liberties as the white man currently had at this time in history. The letter was written in response to a statement printed in the Birmingham Newspaper, written by eight clergymen, explaining that the clergymen felt that Rev. King's nonviolent march in Birmingham was "unwise and untimely", furthermore, that the demonstration in itself was showing negativity towards the church and moral order.
On Good Friday in 1963, fifty-three blacks, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., marched into downtown Birmingham to protest the existing segregation laws. The Birmingham, Alabama
19 July 2011
Mr. Lotti
English Composition II
Journal 1
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", holds high importance in American history because this document explains in detail the trials and tribulations, struggles, negativity and rejection from society, and feats taken to end the segregation movement of the late 1950's through the 1960's. Rev. King wrote this letter in a jail cell to prove that he and his followers would pursue at any cost, to obtain the same equal rights, freedoms, and liberties as the white man currently had at this time in history. The letter was written in response to a statement printed in the Birmingham Newspaper, written by eight clergymen, explaining that the clergymen felt that Rev. King's nonviolent march in Birmingham was "unwise and untimely", furthermore, that the demonstration in itself was showing negativity towards the church and moral order.
On Good Friday in 1963, fifty-three blacks, led by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., marched into downtown Birmingham to protest the existing segregation laws. The Birmingham, Alabama