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What is the speech that were presenting called?
The Letter From Birmingham
Why didn't Martin Luther King resort to violence?
He believed that violence would ruin the chances for change
What was MLK's letter written on?
The margins of a newspaper
King wrote the letter in what part of jail?
Solitary Confinement
In what year was the letter written in?
1963
How many days did MLK spend in the Birmingham Jail?
11 days
Who was the letter from Birmingham Jail written for?
Eight white Alabama clergymen who criticized King and worried the civil rights campaign would cause violence.
What does retaliate mean?
To take revenge
What criticism does Dr King first address about the clergymen?
They think of him as a outsider.
In the letter why is King disappointed in the white church?
The basic problem that King expresses with the white church in this letter is that they think that order is more important than justice.
What year was MLK arrested and why?
In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and sent to jail because he and others were protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. A court had ordered that King could not hold protests in Birmingham. Birmingham in 1963 was a hard place for blacks to live in.
What was the theme of the Letter from the Birmingham Jail?
The theme was that his actions in Birmingham were not unwise or untimely
What faith did the clergyman not support/represent?
Islamic
What organization did MLK work for and represent?
SCLC aka The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
What is the claim that MLK is making in Letter from Birmingham Jail?
One claim is that the nonviolent methods of the African Americans is the right thing to do, and it would help change things.
In his opening paragraph, King says that he rarely pauses to answer criticisms, but he is replying to the clergymen because...
He believes they are good men, and are sincere.
What is the main claim Martin Luther King makes in his Letter from Birmingham City Jail?
Martin Luther King's main claim is to promote the urgent need for a big change and to promote nonviolent protests
Fill in the blank. King's protest were based off of _____ actions
nonviolent
Dr King's direct action was described as a...
A. Cruel and unusual force
B.Negotiation
C. Biased
D. Meant to send a statement of violence.
B.Negotiation
How does King use The Constitution and reasoning to support his argument for civil rights?
MLK composed this letter to highlight his reasons for defying a law that prevented demonstrations and persuade good men to actively fight injustice
What is the basis for King’s argument against the idea that he is an outsider who came to Birmingham?
MLK was not born in Birmingham but had many ties to different racial groups and people all around Alabama
According to Dr. King, why is nonviolent civil disobedience needed?
He feels that if protests were nonviolent that it would be a higher chance that things would start to change
What were the first words of the L.F.B.J?
My dear fellow clergymen
What is the central theme of this letter?
To Justify the cruelty around the world revolving blacks.
What year did MLK win the Noble Peace Prize?
1964