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In our own nation, the Boston Tea Party represented a massive act of civil disobedience. Why does King use this allusion? to establish historical precedent for his actions to commemorate a beloved American leader to appeal to his critics’ sense of moral justice to forge a connection with modern political figures

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Read the excerpt from “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In our own nation, the Boston Tea Party represented a massive act of civil disobedience. Why does King use this allusion? to establish historical precedent for his actions to commemorate a beloved American leader to appeal to his critics’ sense of moral justice to forge a connection with modern political figures