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Martin Luther King Jr Letter From Jail Summary

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Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this letter from jail in response to eight white clergymen who did not approve of his nonviolent protests against racial inequality. He has been arrested and is writing to them from jail about why he did what he did and why he wants them to care. I thought his words were very persuasive and they ought to have made the church ashamed of itself for rebuking him. He references many historical theologians and biblical characters who would have done just as he has done. His letter is impressive because it is so intelligent and clear. He is calm, though he is in jail for fighting injustice. He is speaking to them in their own language of their own heroes and that ought to wake them up to the reality of where they stand.
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