Martin Luther King Jr.'s Strategy To Achieve Racial Equality Sitting in an air-tight, compact cell in the spring of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. writes in the margins of a newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama, creating a new perspective on the world’s prejudiced viewpoint on injustice, discrimination, and segregation during the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was one of American history's most crucial social movements that forced inclusivity and equality between African Americans and white people during the 1950s and 1960s. King was an American minister and one of the most distinguished Civil Rights activists supporting the black race all over America fight for equality. In “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King responded …show more content…
The clergymen were unsure about King's arrival in Birmingham because there were many other protestors who responded back with violence which only resulted in more violence and no progression in racial equality. In the Bible, the Book of Acts tells the story of a man named Paul who found redemption in Jesus Christ and began to travel the world to spread Christianity. King compares his work to travel from his hometown to Birmingham to spread the word of justice and equality to the work of Apostle Paul. King states, “...just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own hometown”(3). King alluding to Apostle Paul is hugely impactful in convincing the clergymen that non-violent direction is the right path for their community. Since the clergymen preach the Bible, sharing a biblical reference allows the clergymen to connect with and have a clear understanding of the King’s claim. King also justified his existence in Birmingham by explaining that his actions are an effort for a greater moral