Martin Luther King, Jr. was a shepherd American of the Baptist church who developed a crucial role in the United States at the head of the Movement civil rights for African Americans and also participated as an activist in numerous protests against the Vietnam War and poverty in general. He wrote the letter in response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen a few days earlier, titled "A Call for Unity, "which conceded that social injustices were taking place but expressed the belief that the battle against racial segregation should be fought ...