Letter from Birmingham Jail

King expresses his “grave disappointment” with which of the following groups?

• liberals

• white moderates

• conservatives

• teachers

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Dr. King sought to respond to the criticism he received from people that he considered to be colleagues by methodically addressing each of their claims.

• It's more important to have a timely response to criticism & prejudice than to maintain moral integrity.

• The presence of injustice necessitates a nonviolent response to repair the harms of prejudice & discrimination

• Peace will only be achieved after white supremacists are transformed by the white moderate.

• The church’s role in the civil rights movement continues to create tension & alienate followers

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In his opening statement, King says he rarely answers criticisms, but he replies to this because

• Their actions were unwise and untimely.

• He believes them to be sincere and good.

• Their letter shows them to be extremist.

• He wants his letter to bring about change.

King’s definition of civil disobedience includes

• breaking unjust laws

• accepting the penalty

• resisting violently

• both A and B

   

In paragraph 24, King notes that "...they [white moderates] fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress". Identify the rhetorical device present above.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Who was the Negro's "great stumbling block," according to MLK Jr.?

• Birmingham Police Department

• Ku Klux Klan

• White Citizen's Council

• White Moderate

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice...

• ...in some places.

• ...in the south.

• ...everywhere.

• end of sentence.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does MLK believe about breaking the law?

• Laws should not be broken under any circumstances.

• Only the wealthy are allowed to break the law because they can afford to pay the price.

• If a law is deemed unjust, then it must be broken.

• Laws may be broken if the Bible says so.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

" . . . and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid."

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“The purpose of our direct-action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation. I therefore concur with you in your call for negotiation. Too long has our beloved Southland been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue

rather than dialogue."

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5