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Martin Luther King Injustice In Letter From Birmingham Jail

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Martin Luther King Jr. develops his reasoning for being in Birmingham by noticing the injustice that within the city. Injustice is the reason why King is in Birmingham county jail. Injustice is the reason why he is in Birmingham. Martin Luther King Jr. starts off his letter by responding to the clergyman’s response. The clergyman call King’s actions “Untimely & Unwise”, King answers “Seldom, if I ever, do I pause to answer criticism for my work & Ideas… I would have no time for constructive work.” This show’s the clergyman’s opinion about King, they believe by participating in a nonviolent demonstration against segregation is reason for someone to be imprisoned. In paragraph 2 of King’s letter he even says “ I think I should give reason for
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