LETTERS FROM BIRMINGHAM

Martin Luther King Jr., is one of the most recognized, if not the greatest civil rights activist in this century. He has written papers and given speeches on the civil rights movement, but one piece stands out as one of his best writings. ?Letter from Birmingham? was an intriguing letter written by King in jail in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. He was responding to a letter written by eight Alabama Clergyman that was published …

…they are breaking the law by protesting, he feels that it is necessary to progress in what they believe. In paragraph 23, he begins to criticize the ?white moderates?. People who say they agree with segregation but do not want the Negro people to demonstrate because they don?t want their lives disrupted. King says that these people are worst than the Ku Klux Klan and other people of ill will, because of their shallow understanding.