Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" is a good and educational letter. He spoke in a tone that probably shocked alot of people in that time. I'm sure there was not many African Americans back then with an education or knowledge of words like Dr. King used. In it you can tell that he got emotional at some points of his letter. For example, on page three, paragraph three, the last two sentences he says; "This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." "We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that justice too long delayed is justice denied." Dr. King talks about unjust and just laws, and as he talks about them he gives several examples of unjust and just laws. He says "An unjust law is a code that a numercial or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself." He states after that "By the same token, a just law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow and that it is willing to follow itself." He uses a lot of sources in his letter to the clergymen. Dr. King addresses many important factors about what is going on during that time. He makes it known that he is dedicated to fighting for African American rights and it is a very serious factor to him. He talks about how this people are mistreated and called out of their name. For instances in one part of the letter he gives the example that the first name is "nigger," middle name is "boy," and the last name being "John." They treat African Americans as if they were not apart of the human race and Dr. King found this pure ignorance which is understandable. Dr. Martin Luther King also speaks about how African American's could not even have a cup of coffee at the same the counter as a white.