HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Class Discrimination, Totalitarianism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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He always understood that those who were sent had. There were many problems in that society there were bombings, public castration. The violence in birmingham represented the manifestation of king he was dealing with a decision that had to do with his own life. King was put into solitary confinement, and the clergymen argued that his arrival wasn"t timely: king responded with the letter from the birmingham jail. King injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. There were fire hoses and police dog attacks showing exactly how bad the racism strike. King recognized the limit enough is too much. Birmingham wasn"t only a victim for those negroes, it was a victory for all blacks in the american society. After the i have a dream speech, there was a bombing of the birmingham church, killing four young girls. The black business community said that birmingham was too tough, and wanted to call the origin movement off.