Question

How does King support this claim?a. by describing his own experience with waiting for civil rights b. by providing quotes from militant civil rights demonstrators c. by explaining the racist attitudes of white politicians d. by recalling a dream of his in which all people were equal

Answer 1

Answer: a. by describing his own experience with waiting for civil rights

Full Question:

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.  How does King support this claim?

Explanation: Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," was a response to a clergyman who referred to King’s nonviolent protest in Birmingham as untimely. In the letter, Dr. King stated, as a fact the reluctance of groups who enjoy certain privileges to give up those privileges. They were given up only after constantly applying pressure on them to do so. He explained this with the established fact that groups are much more immoral than the individuals who make up that group and will not voluntarily give up their racist stances .

To justify this claim, he used his own experience in fighting for civil rights which was always met with the response “Wait.” However, he knew that the promised time would never come without such actions as protests.