Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail

The remarkable “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written in 1963 by the activist of Civil Right Movement, Martin Luther King. It was a response to the criticism made to him by eight clergymen and at the same time a defense for the means which he and his followers had chosen to fight against racism. It has had a huge impact on the history of United States of America and still to this day, 54 years after it was written, society can absorb valuable lessons from it. Human rights are a serious issue, but even in modern times there exists a space for conflict due to the neglect of their importance, an event encountered in Albania. Though justice and injustice are abstract terms, it would be really meaningful for everyone to try to understand them

This country has a rich history full of ever-changing events. Nevertheless, there is this one big concern called blood feud, for which time hasn’t done much because it looks like the moment to enjoy the right to live in freedom never came for people included in those conflicts. Blood feud is a result of the unjust laws of Kanun, which was once a kind of Constitution for Albanians. This phenomenon developed during the years of transition, turning into a very disturbing phenomenon for society, because it violates the most important human right, the right to live. There have been also other consequences in our country by denying people a number of fundamental constitutional rights, such as freedom of movement, education, employment, health care, voting, freedom of organization, etc. Thousands of children have left school; thousands of workers have left jobs, adding extreme poverty to their homes. Psychological conditions of many of them have been occupied by fear, panic, and terror. Yet still nothing has been done to change this. People want justice but are not always willing to fight for it. Another truth conveyed by Dr. King appears here: shallow understanding from people of good will more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will, because you don’t expect anything nice from people of ill will, but those of good will leave you disappointed when they don’t act. Together with the concept of time, it can be concluded that Letter from Birmingham Jail wasn’t so far from Albanian reality after