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Room 1: Kadie R, Dallana C, and Charles M

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Room 1: Kadie R, Dallana C, and Charles M

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3.) MLK’s call to action is that he is saying that their is prejudice present and he wants to change that. In reference to the letter he writes, “Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
4.) The underlying causes MLK is referring to are the causes created from the government policy and long standing beliefs of the southern white population. Before looking at misinterpreted violence, it’s important to look at the cause. The pressure of bias and prejudice has caused immeasurable harm to the people of color.
5.) The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights has four steps which are: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action.

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1. Referring to Paragraph 1, research (3) times where “time” is being used constructively and destructively.

In the first sentence of paragraph one Martin Luther destructs time as a myth coming from a white moderate.

In another line Martin Luther deconstructs time staying that the notion of the flow of time itself will eventually cure all illnesses are irrational.

In the same sentence that is referred above he constructively says that time is in fact neutral.

1. Referring to Paragraph 2, how does one possibly become complacent and adjust to segregation?

Martin Luther states that complacency comes from getting used to years of oppression which resulted in the losing of self respect and “somebodyness” those people will get used to segregation

The other group which is a very minority may actually profit, whether it be education opportunity or economic security, they will unconsciously be insensitive to the problems of the masses.

1. MLK refers to Elijah Muhammad’s Muslim Movement.  Research and summarize.

Elijah Muhammad was a black religious seperatist leader of his Islamic movement called “Nation of Islam”. He would build a temple in Chicago then later in Detroit during the 1930-40’s. Muhammad would get more members by assiduous recruitment post WWII. His movement called for the establishment of a black nation based on the religion of Allah, he would call white people “blue eyed devils”.

1. At the bottom of Paragraph 4, MLK also admonishes black nationalist ideologies.  This is also a problem; why?

MLK recognized that you have to be an extremist to make changes but it depends on what you are being extreme for. When it comes to black extremist groups they only fuel the flames of hatred between white community and the black community, as the old saying goes hate cannot combat hate only love can do that.

1. Referring to Paragraph 5, where do you think we have landed, if equated to a continuum, as an American nation?

We as a nation have come very far, even though we were a little late to the equality party when it comes to race, but we as a nation and society have new hurdles to jump when it comes to inequality and discrimination but we’re america we will prevail.

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group 4- Shawn Herod, Illana Jones, and Samantha Vargas

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group 4- Shawn Herod, Illana Jones, and Samantha Vargas

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in the letter it was talking about how Christians knew that equality was coming and willing to be patient but people were saying it took too long and was 2000 years late but why just because something took longer it no longer has significance?
in this section he thanks the white people who understand the revolution and realized some people are stuck in there ways and there will always be ignorant people.
his action in Birmingham was nonviolent but some people categorized it along the work of an extremist
he also brought up that people can't be oppressed forever and will eventually need the urge for freedom and be ready to fight back

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Group 3- Lynn Parker, Lulu Kenslow, Miranda Glover, Maxwell Belote

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Group 3- Lynn Parker, Lulu Kenslow, Miranda Glover, Maxwell Belote

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1. The argument supporting selective law abiding is that there are two types of law, thus including just and unjust laws. He argues that just laws are in congruence with the moral law, whereas unjust laws are not. One example of this are the segregatory laws. While they are laws they are morally wrong and therefore he’s allowed to encourage people not to follow them. Another instance is when the majority makes decisions for the minority, such as in Alabama where the population was mostly African-American but it was made so difficult for them to register to vote, that their rights were being voted on by the white majority.
2. A law set up in a state where most people cannot give their input on it is not democratically structured. For it to be democratically structured is for it to be created and agreed upon by the majority of all people it affects, but If such a large portion of the population has no input on it then it can’t be fair.
3. I think that MLK’s First Amendment privilege to peacefully assemble and protest was infringed upon because although it was against the law to parade without a permit at this time, the First Amendment guarantees the right to all people to peacefully assemble and protest with no permit required.
4. He uses this example to better illustrate that not all laws are for the benefit of everyone and how easily they can be exploited for negative purposes. You can follow all laws and do evil things, or you can break the laws but for good purposes. When you have to break the laws to create a good society, the law was bad anyway.
5. No. Order is simply giving up and giving in for the sake of avoiding tension and conflict within society. An orderly society, though peaceful, isn’t just. Seeking justice rather than order leads to a positive peace for all rather than settling for a negative peace for the sake of order and to please the majority.
6. I agree with this statement because in most instances this is the correct thing to do, but there are some circumstances that this is not the case. For example the robber can act in a way that may hurt others, but protect themselves or others.

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Group 2 - Katie Royle, Hayley Rosenfield, Kachelle Mcmillian, Erin Kayota

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Group 2 - Katie Royle, Hayley Rosenfield, Kachelle Mcmillian, Erin Kayota

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1. We believe that if given a second chance MLK still would have postponed their protest because he wanted it to be as organized and efficient as possible. He wanted to ensure it was as least violent or politically motivating as possible. In the second paragraph it said, “this reveals that we did not move irresponsibly into direct action,” so this proves they agree with their postponement, and found it was the right thing to do.
2.  He brought up the example of Socrates and how he felt it was necessary to create tension so that those who were tied down could break free. Other examples of actions that caused tension during these times were sit ins, marches, and basically any civil rights protest. This caused them to stand up for themselves, and take a stand against society.
3. No, many of the biggest decisions made about civil rights came from large court cases. For example Plessy V. Ferguson and Brown v. The Board of Education. Without these cases it would have taken much more time for desegregation to happen. In addition, without protest and boycotts smaller rules in society, like where people of color had to sit on the bus, would not have changed. Silence tends to be taken as compliance so action and to be taken for things to change.
4. We relate this quote mainly to the privileged in history being referred to as the whites, as they had the privileges and did not give them up voluntarily. One example that supports this statement is the segregation on buses, when whites were privileged in getting seats on the bus, while the colored were not given that privilege. Whites rarely gave up their seat, as they did not give up their privileges voluntarily. Another example is the Plessy v. Ferguson case, when there was segregation in train cars, where one would have whites only, and the other had only colored. Whites did not give up their car on the train, proving they did not willfully give up their privileges. Our final example is mentioned in Martin Luther King’s letter, as only whites were able to stay in motels. This rule was not changed, as motels did not want to lose business by altering the rule, and the whites did not allow for a change either. They kept their privilege in being able to safely stay in a motel when needed.
5. We witnessed the wait that LGBT people faced when it came to their right to get married in every state. It was similar to the civil rights movement, in that for some LGBT people it probably felt like the wait would never be over. However, same sex marriage became legal after many protest and people pushing the government to make a change.

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Group 5 - Sam Duff, Samantha  Sherman, John Geheren, Destiny Wissinger

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Group 5 - Sam Duff, Samantha  Sherman, John Geheren, Destiny Wissinger

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1. If an organization that is meant to protect the people is not and instead is bias like the Birmingham police force People should react by having protests ad attempting to get the attention of the governor in order to fix this police force.
2. MLK is implying that even though the police force hasn't been very discriminatory in public they still are at heart and when an officer gets the chance they would often abuse their power.
3. I believe that MLK is referring to every African American person who has gone through slavery as a hero because of the unrelenting beating they have gotten without falling. I don't believe the south has given recognition to those people because of their bias feeling against them and they took a long time to change.
4. I do not believe that MLK's letter would have been any shorter but really just stay the same or maybe bee longer because although he was trapped in a cell this is something he was very passionate about. Because He was so passionate about this no matter where he was I think he would have made a long letter highlighting the ideas he believes in.
5. The purpose of his letter was to explain and tell people about how the police and most of the south is discriminating African American people just because the color of their skin and although they thought they fixed it with separate but equal that will never truly be equal.

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1) MLK doesn't "speak to the criticisms" because he is trying to inform people on the reasons why he was in Birmingham and the importance of the anti-segregation protests.
2) If he had chosen to speak to the criticisms, he would not have had productive