Martin Luther King Jr. was a Civil right promoter against injustices and racism against the blacks. The letter is in response to white clergymen written article in a newspaper.
<em>He believed that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts.</em>
Martin Luther King was arrested and jailed in April 1963 after he led a group of black protesters who were against white segregation and who wanted a boycott of white stores during the Easter period. While in the Birmingham jail, he wrote a letter that was directed to the clergymen who described his activities as untimely and unwise. He felt they deserved a response because he thought they were men of genuine goodwill.
The 7000 words letter was a call for 'constructive, non-violent tensions' that would lead to the end of unjust laws that did not favor everyone. This letter was useful in setting the pace for a renewed civil rights movement.
