Letters from Birmingham

Letters from Birmingham

1.King was in Birmingham to address the issue of injustice by organizing a protest. Define the injustice and the protest and explain how Judeo-Christian ethics were applied to allow for civil disobedience. How was the injustice in Birmingham tied to all communities in the south?

The injustice implied the racial segregation, that how adversely and lucidly has this grown into a phenomenon that is never to be ended. The reason that injustice in Birmingham was because of the existence of the King and the civil rights movement was initiated in the city of Birmingham sometime during the 1950's and the 1960's, making it a place of both justice and horror, coining its position among the African-Americans, in order for earn themselves their distinct, individual identity respectively (Branch, 2006).

2.King lists four steps to nonviolent campaigns. Name them. How did these flow from King's Christian ethical principles? How did King reconcile the “eye for an eye” Jewish ethical principle with the Christian “love one another” ethical principle of nonviolence?

The four basic steps that have been highlighted by King to execute and make way for non-violent campaigns are:

Collection of facts in order to identify the presence and existence of injustice;

Negotiation and Bargaining;

Self-Purification; and

Direct Action.

Considering the origin of Martin Luther King, originating of core Christian principles, King was a Baptist minister (King, 1963). Him being in practice of Christian principles, King had been in the position of not only spreading his word of peace, but also transcends his learning and his teaching onto his people and the followers. Even at the time when he was sentenced to jail, King did let go of his Christian roots and continues his teachings and promoting his message of non-violence to the American clergyman (King, 2000).

3.How do King's ethical principles help ...