Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter
From Birmingham Jail
“It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in
Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city’s with power
structure left the Negro community with no alternative.” -MLK This quote is the key idea behind Martin Luther King Jr.’s thoughts
about justice, when it is being denied action must be taken.
Injustice within the black community during this
time was very prominent and Martin Luther King Jr. was not going to stand for it.
He believed like Thoreau that sometimes it was necessary for direct action to
take place. If the government is not treating its people with respect, then
their laws are not to be followed but instead gone against and bettered. Both
of these men are strongly against slavery because it diminishes that particular
individual’s basic rights. Suffering for their beliefs was always an option for
both MLK and Thoreau, no changes would be made without suffering.
“The
Defense of Injustice,” is an essay in which there are two characters if you
will who argue the necessity of justice. One believes that full justice is
never possible while the other speaks how justice is needed and a nation cannot
function as well without justice. While reading this essay, people will be
enlightened to consider just an unjust laws and the morality that goes along
with them.
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