Martin Luther King Jr. was in jail in Birmingham when he wrote a letter to people questioning him about the timing and need for a direct-action movement. He states that it was necessary to do this to get the government's attention. The white conservative was neither with him nor against him, but also wondered why they were uprising against the peace and thought that this should be a properly timed occurrence. Martin Luther King did not like the lukewarm people; for if they were to wait for the "right" opportunity then that time may not come. It was necessary to get the attention of the newly elected officials so that change would come; so that segregation would be stopped and black people could live along side their brothers without this hate.
He went about this in a proper manner, with no violence, but merely the idea that all men were actually made equal.
What could he have done differently to get segregation to stop?
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Nathan C. describes how Dr. King emphasized on the white conservative. King explained that they were not considered innocent bystanders just because they were not effected by the circumstances of the racial inequality in America. " He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it."-MLK.
I certainly agree with Nathan of explaining Dr. King's theory. Sojourner Truth, i believe, would also agree with that the white conservative should take a stand, and that it was basically hypocrisy not to. In the connection, Truth emphasized on the ideal views of the way ALL women should be treated disregarding race, which is similar to the ideal views of how ALL men should be equal. Even with the idea of freedom to all men and women there were still glass ceilings that were keeping ALL from achieving their actual liberty. "Where did our Christ come from? From God and a woman, man had nothing to do with Him"-Truth, in the same reference man has no rightful place to feel superior towards another man or race because of his circumstance, only God has the right to have a say in.
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