Question

What is King’s claim in this passage? Now is the right time to take action against racial injustice in Birmingham. The new mayor will be more open to negotiations than the previous mayor. All city administrators are more or less the same. Civil rights activists should have waited for the election of a new mayor before taking action.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Now is time to take action against racial injustice in Birmingham.”

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Now is time to take action against racial injustice in Birmingham.”

What Martin Luther King is claiming in the passage of the letter is that now is time to take action against racial injustice in Birmingham.

We are refereing to a passage of the famous Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birminham Jail.” King wrote the letter on April 16, 1963, from the jail in Birminham, Alamaba. In the letter, Martin Luther King Jr. supports and defend the nonviolent approach to protest against racial segregation. In the letter, he also explains that his protests in Birminham are important because the local leaders and courts are not willing to confront the issue of racism.