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This 3 page paper compares Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Dr. Martin Luther King and Barack Obama: Similar Ideas, Different
Decades Research Compiled by K. Von Huben 4/2010 Please Introduction In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King
wrote a long and moving letter from his cell in the Birmingham, Alabama, jail. In 2007, Barack Obama gave a very moving speech. This paper reflects on what these two
men have learned about race relations in the United States, and how similar their thinking is, despite having written 45 years apart. Discussion In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King
was jailed for his part in the protests taking place in Birmingham. While he was incarcerated, he received a letter from other clergymen telling him that he should call off
the demonstrations and wait for things to turn around, because surely segregation couldnt last much longer. They deplored the demonstrations and said they made things more difficult. Dr. Kings
response was that he and all African-Americans had already waited 340 years for their freedom and enough was enough (King). He also noted that the protests that he was engaged
in were non-violent, that he had been invited to come to Birmingham (as opposed to being an "outside agitator" as was charged), and that the purpose of the protests was
to force the city to negotiate with blacks rather than continuing to ignore their plight (King). He reasoned, correctly, that non-violent protests by blacks would be met by violent suppression
by whites, especially the police, and that proved to be the case. The photos coming out of Alabama, of unarmed and unresisting whites being beaten, doused with fire hoses or
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