On April 16th, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, wrote a letter to the Clergymen. He was sitting in jail and wrote about the injustice his people are facing and how he wants this to change. He talks about how being treated like this just because they are black is wrong. Dr. Martin Luther wants his point to be heard, and he wants to fight as much as he can. People say what he was doing was "unwise and unjust." He proves that to not be true and he just wants his people to be treated equally and treated like human. In his writing, he begins establishing his credibility and proves the claim that he is not an "outsider" and that he truly belongs in Birmingham. In paragraph 2, King talks about the churches he is apart of and how they are about eighty five of them. He says, "I was invited here." I am here because I have organizational ties here." This proves how important Kings is and that he has many connections that will and can help. Dr. Martin Luther also talks about the injustice that …show more content…
He also says in the text, "Where were their voices of support... to the bright hills of creative protest?" What King meant by this was, where are the people who love the church and claim to love people, when everything was happening and why did they not come and help the people in need? His purpose was to ask the question of the people in church, why did they not help and support the people who needed it the most? King also goes on to say, "there can be no deep disappointment where there is no deep love." This highlights that yes, he was disappointed that no one said or did anything, but yet he still had love in his