How Did Martin Luther King Tell Mlk Letter To Birmingham Jail

In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was held in prison for his actions to have the African American activist movement parade in the city of Birmingham even though he had no permit. The eight Clergymen wrote King a letter stating that what he did was wrong and why it was “unwise and untimely” (Alvarado 174). While being wrongly imprisoned King wrote back stating why he took the actions that he did to convince the town of Birmingham and the nation to stand up segregation. In the letter, King tries to persuade the Clergymen to see that what he did was right and needed while also defending his actions.

King went to Birmingham on April 12, 1963 to protest against the cruel mistreatment of African Americans in the city of Birmingham. While, protesting Martin Luther King Jr. was taken into custody because of him leading the peaceful protest in the streets of

appeals to the audience’s emotions to advise and show the people of Birmingham the reason for the nonviolent parade throughout the streets. First, King identified the brutality and the unjust treatment the African American were experiencing in Birmingham Alabama. This helped him show the Clergymen that his actions were not unprovoked that African Americans were not getting the treatment that they deserved and that was the reason for having the parade because he could not sit by any longer and watch the brutality continue. He wrote a lot about the Inhumanness and anguish that African Americans faced and stated, “As in so many past experiences, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us.” (King 175). With this, he shows that African Americans have experienced this unjust treatment time after time and nothing was being done about it. By forming a sense of remorsefulness in the community, it held the people accountable for their actions and helped them come together, as a force, to embark upon the problem that was at