Question

king faced criticism for being in birmingham as an outsider. explain this criticism, and his response to it

Answer 1

The criticism was based around the idea that he's a person who's not from the area and who just came there to cause trouble among the African-American population and to change the way things were being done in Birmingham. This is something that the people in power in Birmingham disliked since they wanted to stick to their ways.

His response was that he believed that the people who criticized him were genuinely not bad people and that they deserve an answer in which he said that he was invited to Birmingham as a person who  fights for equality and democracy and it was thus his duty to make sure that equality can be found everywhere.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King was criticized for being in Birmingham as an outsider as he was criticized for boycotting and supporting citizens of Birmingham and in response to this criticism, He said that he will support anyone who is facing unfair treatment and also said that equality never comes without a fight.  

Further Explanation:-

Martin Luther King jr. always defended his strategy of non-violent resistance from racism. He wrote a letter which was addressed eight clergymen and in that letter, he stated that people have a moral responsibility to break laws that were unfair and should not wait potentially forever to get justice from the court.  Martin Luther King Jr. was always called an ‘Outsider' and to which he replied that Injustice which is spreading everywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.    

This letter by Martin Luther King was a response to several criticisms that were made by Clergymen with regards to social justice and racial inequality as clergymen were of the view that these issues should be fought in court and not violently. In this letter, King also responded to the criticism of being called an ‘Outsider' to which king wrote in a letter that he had some responsibilities as a leader of SCLC and his organization was related to many of affiliated organizations in South. He further added that he was invited in ‘Birmingham’ because injustice was spreading there and in his view, Birmingham was the most racially divided city as the courts which were there in the city were unfair and police were Brutal.

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Answer details:

Grade – High School

Subject – History

Chapter – Letter from Birmingham Jail

Keywords – Letter, Martin Luther King Jr., courts, Unfair, Birmingham, Criticism, Response, Several, Police, Brutal, Outsider, Criticism.