PHILOS 2G03 Chapter 6: Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail
25 May 2019
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Serves as president of the southern christian leadership conference. An organization that operates in every southern state. Has 85 affiliated organizations across the south, including the alabama christian moveme. He was in birmingham b/c he was invited there to engage in a nonviolent direction action prog. "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere", "whatever affects one directly, affects a. The person who wrote him a letter complained about the demonstrations happening in birmin causes as to why these demonstrations were occurring. Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist. Birmingham is one of the (if not the) most segregated cities in the u. s. , with brutality and inju. Unjust court treatment, unsolved bombings of negro homes and churches. The negro leaders wanted to negotiate with the city fathers, but they refused to engage i. Spoke with economic leaders who made promises in exchange for a pause in demonstrations, rarely if kept, which lead to direct action.
