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In four pages this paper discusses whether or not the message contained in King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ can be applied to contemporary American and also considers its applicability to US foreign policy. There are no other sources listed.
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Alabama that was in violation of a city government ordinance. Various members of the National Council of Churches, who had once been supportive of King were now publicly condemning
his activities. During his incarceration, King addressed his critics and explained the reasons behind his support for civil disobedience. His Letter from Birmingham Jail focused primarily on the
concept of justice and argued that the U.S. governments interpretation of the term was often unjust. According to King, refusal to act against oppression or the denial of freedom
for fear of breaking the law was not an example of justice. The letter emphasized that while violence is never just, engaging in nonviolent protest against injustice can offer
an avenue towards a solution that will culminate in freedom for all. Letter from Birmingham Jail described Kings advocacy for what he described as "a nonviolent direct action program" (1854).
He then detailed the programs four steps: 1) Collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; 2) Negotiation; 3) Self-purification; and 4) Direct Action (King 1855).
He maintained that if steps one through three had fallen short of correcting the injustice, direct action (accomplished through nonviolent means was the only plausible alternative. While King was
presenting the justification of nonviolent direct action in 1963 Birmingham, his message emphasizing nonviolent action to correct oppression and injustice is as applicable in twenty-first century America as it was
then. Take, for example, the devastation associated with Hurricane Katrina in late August of 2005. The regions that incurred the greatest damage were also among the most impoverished
sections of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Because of a federal government delay in the dispatching of National Guard units to provide individuals in these areas with much-needed food and
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