Martin Luther King "Birmingham Jail Speech Essay"

In the “Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen” it has stated that the law was handling this situation in a “calm manner”. Saying that they will remain calm and continue to protect the city from violence. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King says that the statement on how the Birmingham police “warmly states that they are keeping order and preventing violence”. He said that they have “dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent Negros”. The treatment of Negros by the police was “ugly and inhumane”, pushing and cursing old Negro and young Negro girls. Not to forget about the men that where slapped and kicked. The policemen had “conducted themselves rather nonviolently in public”, to preserve the evil system of segregation. Oddly the Negros put up with this, and had discipline, courage and willingness to suffer. Martin Luther King spoke the words that “someday the south will recognize it real heroes”. From analyzing these two pieces of work, Negros come off as a very strong will abled group who don’t cause fights, and stay calm throughout all of this, unlike the racists. This shows how we should treat all religions equal, even if they look different or talk different, they are of Aarons 2

no less or greater value, we are all on an equal level. If the world recognized this back then it would have saved a lot of time and energy. In our society today you can still see racism, I myself see it or hear it every day. So before you criticize someone who’s different then you just keep in mind we are all