?Letter From a Birmingham Jail? by Martin Luther King While confined in a Birmingham jail, Martin Luther King wrote a gratifying letter of response to a published criticism by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama. In his letter, King eloquently explains the injustice of ?the evil system of segregation?. Birmingham, Alabama, in particular, is where King sees the inequality of whites and blacks, police force harassment and brutality, the burning of black churches and the oppression …showed first 75 words of 382 total…

…showed last 75 words of 382 total…preventing violence?. If the people saw the policemen?s ?dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent negroes?, he stated, then he doubted the people would quickly commend them. King recognizes the hate white sympathizers endured by the police and other whites. In my own experience, I?ve found that published protest stories are prone to label the protesters as ?violent? or ?extremists?. Police brutality during protests, in my experience, almost never gets published. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**