king in jail
Due to the racial issues that took place in Birmingham Alabama in 1963 the “Public Statement by eight Alabama ClergyMen” was written in response to demonstrations led in part by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.(carpenter at al 631). The eight Clergymen also stated their names, religious rankings, and education within in the public statement. (carpenter at al 631). The public statement was written and released while Dr. King was in jail in Birmingham Alabama. Dr. King was
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of the United States would play a major part in many changes that would lead to the desegregation of the United States as a whole.
Works Cited
Carpenter,C.C.J. et al. “Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen.”
Rpt. Conversations: Readings for Writings. Ed. Jack Selzer. New York:
Macmillian, 1991. 629-631.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. Rpt. Elements of Argument
sixth edition. Ed. Annette T. Rottenberg. Boston:Bedford, 2000. 719-734.
Injustice in Alabama
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