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Letter From Birmingham Jail By Martin Luther King Jr.

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In Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail”, he describes two groups of people he calls the “white moderate” and the “complacent” African-American. Members of the white moderate are people who agree with the Civil Rights Movement but disagree with the activists’ protests and demonstrations. Meanwhile, the complacent African-American is someone who King claims have lost their self-respect and have become accustomed to segregation. Middle-class African-Americans who have become uncaring towards the suffering of the majority as a result of their own financial and academic stability, or because they personally profit from segregation, are also examples of complacency within the black community. In my opinion, being complacent is never
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