as a natural follow-up to his "I Have a Dream Speech."

to persuade authorities in Birmingham to release him

to answer white clergymen's criticism for protesting racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama

to communicate with his family the difficulty of jail life

he stayed because he was there anyway after he made his famous "I have a Dream" speech

because of the "interrelatedness of all communities and states."

the leaders of Birmingham broke a promise to remove humiliating racial signs.

Because there is injustice in Birmingham

his "I Have a Dream" speech is too angry

he is an intrusive outsider

he is encouraging demonstrations

he is an "extremist"

his willingness to break the law

make an oppressive gesture

make their adversaries angry

create tension and thereby force negotiation

exalt his people

He believes that as long as the moderates stand passively aside, conditions cannot improve.

He believes that those who oppose the movement may persuade the moderates to join them.

He believes that because opposition is violent, it does much more harm than passive acceptance.

He believes that moderates who play no active role in the movement are secretly working against it.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people. Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men. . . .

At first I was rather disappointed that fellow clergymen would see my nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist.

I have tried to stand between these two forces, saying that we need emulate neither the “do nothingism” of the complacent nor the hatred and despair of the black nationalist.

If one recognizes this vital urge that has engulfed the Negro community, one should readily understand why public demonstrations are taking place.

Just laws apply to deep-seated human prejudices, while unjust laws do not.

Just laws can realistically be enforced in actual life, while unjust laws cannot.

Just laws are rooted in universal principles of fairness, while unjust laws are not.

Just laws vary in harshness according to circumstances, while unjust laws do not.

Since we so diligently urge people to obey the Supreme Court’s decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public schools, at first glance it may seem rather paradoxical for us consciously to break laws.

Segregation . . . substitutes an “I it” relationship for an “I thou” relationship and ends up relegating persons to the status of things. Hence segregation is not only politically, economically and sociologically unsound, it is morally wrong and sinful.

For instance, I have been arrested on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong in having an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade.

I hope you are able to see the distinction I am trying to point out. In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. That would lead to anarchy.

He senses that allies in other nations will soon rally to the cause of civil rights.

He believes that he and his followers are stronger than those who oppose them.

He knows that the civil rights movement is better funded than those who oppose them.

He knows that the size of the movement ensures that it can elect candidates who will abolish segregation.

Now is the time to make real the promise of democracy and transform our pending national elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood. Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.

Their witness has been the spiritual salt that has preserved the true meaning of the gospel in these troubled times. They have carved a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment.

For more than two centuries our forebears labored in this country without wages . . . and yet out of a bottomless vitality they continued to thrive and develop. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail.

Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

unrest

satisfaction

inaction

acceptance

losing faith in America

advocating violence

believing that the white man is an incorrigible 'devil'"

accepting segregation

the clergymen

White moderates

proponents of violent means

St. Augustine

they have the money and influence to change society

as ministers of the gospel they should, but do not, support the social justice issues of the time as moral issues

they only support desegregation

they can see that body and soul should be treated as one

harshly critique and condemn those who oppose and disappoint him.

clarify and justify his motives and actions, while gently criticizing conformists who complacently accept the status quo.

to answer the criticisms and correct the misconceptions held by the white clergy, justify the tactics of nonviolent civil disobedience, and argue that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws in a peaceful manner.

argue why he should be let of of jail.

the deepness of her words

an example of hyperbole

poor grammar

poor diction

the "white moderate" who agrees with the protesters' goals

"The police who have exercised a degree of discipline in handling the demonstrators...rather non-violently in public.

organized religion's potential to save the nation

civil rights activists who have endured violence when doing what is right

ordinance

permit

parade

wrong