Background
What is the Letter from Birmingham Jail?
What is a letter written by MLK Jr. about segregation and organizing nonviolent campaigns.
What was going on in the current time period?
What is heavy racism and segregation throughout the country.
What claims does King make?
What is the “big idea” of this document?
What is fighting for civil rights, stopping segregation, ending brutality.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
What was different then?
What evidence does King use?
What is police brutality, broken promises, unfair treatment.
Was the author successful in conveying/convincing other people of their big idea?
What is he was able to convince some but not all.
When was the Letter from Birmingham Jail written?
When is April 16, 1963.
What was the same?
What language does the author use to persuade the document’s audience?
What is Allusions, Parallelism
What are notable quotes/sections of this document that convey the author’s “big idea”?
What is "We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights." "This 'Wait' has almost always meant 'Never.'"
What evidence does the Letter from Birmingham Jail provide?
What is bus boycotts, sit-ins, or nonviolent protests.
How might the circumstances in which the document was written affect its content?
What is if King wasn't in jail.
How does the document’s language indicate the author’s perspective?
Why was King in prison?
What is for leading a peaceful protest.
What is King's prospective?
What is the need to break unjust laws to get just laws in place.
Were there other people/documents that disagreed with this document?
What is Clergymen.
Who was King writing the letter to?
What is the Clergymen.
Who was running for mayor?