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A 12 page paper discussing the civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, in April of 1963 and the history of amendments to the United States Constitution which purported to grant equal rights to African-American citizens. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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law enforcement officials for calmly handling the demonstrations, which they regretted were led in part by "outsiders." Criticizing the protest as extreme and unjustified, the clergymen appealed to Blacks to
pursue their demands "in the courts and in negotiations among local leaders, and not in the street." As the principal leaders of the Birmingham protest movement, and an "outsider," King
was clearly the object of the clergymens criticism. And so with the attention of a nation turned to Birmingham, King decided to reply to his critics in the form of
an open letter to the American people. Evidently, there was no thought of waiting until after the turmoil in Birmingham had subsided, when he could return to the comfortable confines
of his study. Kings thesis was to provide an urgent overview of what rightfully comprises a non-violent protest and to compel -2- the clergymen to understand that
the protests were a sincere part of the American idea. It is my opinion that when Martin Luther King Jr. put down his pen in 1963 he
had composed the manifesto of the civil rights movement. The "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" is the most eloquent and powerful statement of his philosophy, method and goals. Clearly, he
had defended his presence in Birmingham as an apostle of non-violence and justice, and appealed persuasively to America to grant rights to its Black citizens that were long overdue.
Martin Luther Kings ability to use persuasive communication tact is both unprecedented and effective. He had explained his philosophy of non-violence and explained the effectiveness of
militant nonviolent protest. He had outlined the steps in a direct action campaign, and he had defended the decision of Blacks to disobey unjust segregation laws by turning to the
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