Martin Luther King Letter From Birmingham Jail

Many aspects go into making a society successful. Martin Luther King, Jr. explores one of these aspects in his Letter Written from Birmingham Jail. In his letter, King argues that individuals should not have to fight for their freedoms alone. In King’s time, black Americans were fighting for their rights and civil liberties, those of which had already been afforded to white men. The problems that King’ presents in his letters is an important topic to all reasonable members of society because it is imperative that all members of society have the same rights and freedoms to ensure that everyone has the ability to perform their best in order to propel his or her community forward. Although he does not explicitly state it, a large part of King’s

It is more difficult, impossible in some instances, for some to progress in a society that represses them by not affording them the same platform for them to flourish. Therefore, when there is inequality within a society the community cannot be as successful as it would be if everyone were afforded the same opportunities. When inequality exists in a society, it effectively limits the amount of great contributors that there can be in that society. King’s society limited its own growth by not utilizing a large part of their community. In his writing, King refers to the community’s lack of desire in desegregating public school systems as commanded by the Supreme Court (King 810). This basic denial of service puts the black American community at a disadvantage by affording them a different education than that of their white brothers and sisters. This inequality between the two groups sets them apart on the field and stunts progression in the black community, thereby lessening the total impact they can have on their community. In that group of repressed citizens could have been the man or woman to make a large reform that would catapult his or her community, or even the world, forward. King’s society missed out on the possible improvements that could have been made that will never be made because of its prejudices and insistence on