POLI 231 Chapter Notes - Chapter Political Violence: Black Nationalism, Dramatization
13 Jan 2018
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Letter from the birmingham jail: martin luther king jr. The letter was written on april 16 th , 1963 in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by 8 white religious leaders of the south they were against king"s campaign of non-violent civil disobedience. Mlk jr. was widely despised when he was alive; clergymen warned that mlk jr. "s social activism would inevitably lead to violence and wanted him to go through the court system. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere : emphasizes inter-relatedness of conflict, that all people should be concerned with the fight for racial equality that live in the usa. 2. 4 basic steps in a non-violent campaign. I: collection of the facts to determine whether injustice is alive. Birmingham has enormously high rates of police brutality, unjust treatment of black people in courts is empirical fact, etc: negotiation.
