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A 6 page paper which examines the notion that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere and justice delayed is justice denied. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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would be eliminated. He fervently believed that the path to equality was paved in justice, and King was willing to practice what he preached. He traveled throughout the
United States, wherever he believed a person was being denied the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and to which everyone in a civilized society should be entitled. Kings relentless
pursued of social justice meant that he sometimes had to exchange his own freedom for a prison cell. It was during one of these incarcerations that he penned his
"Letter from Birmingham Jail." Although officially addressed to the clergy members of the National Council of Churches, it is directed toward the misguided notion of justice as historically perpetuated
by the American legal system. While looking through the world through barred windows, Dr. King pondered the concept of justice as it was represented by the United States.
He explained that his purpose for being in Birmingham, Alabama and organizing peaceful marches protesting segregation was not to threaten justice, but to ensure that justice was being served.
He justified his civic intervention by declaring, "Racial injustice engulfs this community. Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of
brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in
any other city in the nation" (King, 1997, p. 1855). Furthermore, Dr. King (1997) wrote, "I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states.
I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in
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