Civil Disobedience And Henry David Thoreau's Letter From Birmingham Jail
In the readings Civil Disobedience and the Letter From Birmingham Jail, by Henry David Thoreau and Dr. Martin Luther King, they both focus on the matter of civil disobedience and the right of which every individual person should know that is it morally right to disobey laws that are unjust, and should be willing to face the aftermath of consequences. They both argue that the society that we live in would be a better place and of one unity if the citizens would know the difference between the concept of just and unjust laws. Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience was based on the matter of him being incarcerated for refusal to pay his poll tax. Thoreau was in opposition of the expansion of slaves and the Mexican War. Thoreau felt that the government
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Martin Luther King was arrested for participating in a peaceful protest in Birmingham, this resulted in Dr. King writing a letter, to refute both the local and national news for criticizing him as being an extremist and his participation in the Christian Leadership Conference; leading the peaceful protest of many civil right movements. In response to these comment, Dr. King wrote a letter from the Birmingham jail addressing several clergymen and also to a national audience. Putting light on some of the unjust issues facing Birmingham at the time. One of the first comment he addressed was being called an “outsider” of Birmingham, who is just there to start trouble. King defended his right for him and for his conference group to be present in Birmingham, explaining that even though the group is based in Atlanta, it spread throughout the state and he had been given a special invitation to help organize and protest in Birmingham. Also he thought that the issues that Birmingham were facing were unjust and his presence is needed in Birmingham to bring awareness of injustice. In his letter King talked about the process that the protesters go through before turning to peaceful protest, he then went into full details of why they turn to prost instead of simply negotiation. The reason being, which he talked about what that the negotiation was just empty promises and that colored folks are tired and fed up of empty promises, therefore is where protest comes into effect. He then
Martin Luther King was arrested for participating in a peaceful protest in Birmingham, this resulted in Dr. King writing a letter, to refute both the local and national news for criticizing him as being an extremist and his participation in the Christian Leadership Conference; leading the peaceful protest of many civil right movements. In response to these comment, Dr. King wrote a letter from the Birmingham jail addressing several clergymen and also to a national audience. Putting light on some of the unjust issues facing Birmingham at the time. One of the first comment he addressed was being called an “outsider” of Birmingham, who is just there to start trouble. King defended his right for him and for his conference group to be present in Birmingham, explaining that even though the group is based in Atlanta, it spread throughout the state and he had been given a special invitation to help organize and protest in Birmingham. Also he thought that the issues that Birmingham were facing were unjust and his presence is needed in Birmingham to bring awareness of injustice. In his letter King talked about the process that the protesters go through before turning to peaceful protest, he then went into full details of why they turn to prost instead of simply negotiation. The reason being, which he talked about what that the negotiation was just empty promises and that colored folks are tired and fed up of empty promises, therefore is where protest comes into effect. He then