(8B) "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Allusions by Ejike Agulefo https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i Directions: In groups, you will be assigned chunks of MLK's speech to research the highlighted allusions. Your group will be tasked with creating post(s) that provide background knowledge of the allusions made within your assigned chunks. Be sure to... -Quote the allusion passage in the "title" area of the post. -Provide a brief 2-4 sentence explanation of your assigned allusions. -Attach a visual to each of your allusion posts. -Be sure to write your group member's name next to the "Chunk #" title. en-us 2018-04-02 16:49:34 UTC 2025-04-25 15:07:14 UTC hello@padlet.com "...and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world,..." eagulefo1 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247865696 Dr. King was alluding to Paul, the Apostle from the Bible. He taught the gospel of the Christ to the first century world. ]]> 2018-04-02 16:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247865696 "It was evidenced sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar, on the ground that a higher moral law was at stake." https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247905029 2018-04-02 18:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247905029 Adolf Hitler and the Jews during the Holocaust hojam000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247905226 “We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘illegal’ ... It was ‘illegal’ to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany.”

Dr. King alluded to the well known leader of Germany during the Interwars and World War II era who killed 6,000,000 Jews as well as millions of other minorities in Western Europe at the time.
]]> 2018-04-02 18:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247905226 perryjud000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247905666 “...to obey the Supreme Courts decision of 1954 outlawing segregation in the public school...”

Dr. King was alluding to the Supreme Court decision of 1954 to show the difference between just and unjust laws and why they are breaking certain laws.

“I would agree with St. Augustine that an unjust law is no law at all.”

He is alluding to St. Augustine’s quote, to provide evidence that he is not the only one thinking that way.]]> 2018-04-02 18:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247905666 “Was not Amos an extremist for justice”-Pg 254 Paragraph 18 Sentence 3 coppocas000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247906114 In this quote M.L.K. alludes to Amos one of the 12 disciples of Jesus that was known for brave resistence to injustice.]]> 2018-04-02 18:51:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247906114 asharmuh000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247906174 “Was not Jesus an extremist for love.”
Jesus is a highly respected prophet in the religious community, and is known for his preaching of love and respect. ]]> 2018-04-02 18:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247906174 “And Thomas Jefferson : “ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal....” moslemic000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247906376  Dr King is alluding to Thomas Jefferson because Thomas Jefferson believes in equal rights for every man in America as does Dr. King.]]> 2018-04-02 18:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247906376 anthoash000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907004 “...and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was “illegal.”” 
Dr. King was alluding to Hungarian freedom fighters who demanded democracy for Hungary but were defeated in a Soviet attack in 1956.
]]> 2018-04-02 18:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907004 ondrilor000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907326 “In our own nation, The Boston Tea Party represented a massive act of civil disobedience.” 
The Boston Tea Party was a boycott of Britain Tea due to the Tea Act put on the 13 Colonies by Great Britain. 
]]> 2018-04-02 18:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907326 salinmac000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907365 “...the United States Negro is moving with a sense of great urgency toward the promised land of racial justice.”]]> 2018-04-02 18:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907365 diazmic000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907828 Nebuchanezzar was the king of Babylon and required everyone to worship and idol but Abednego,Shadrach and Mesach refused resulting them to walk through a furnace but were unharmed.]]> 2018-04-02 18:57:06 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247907828 rodricin000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247908196 King is alluding to the promise land of Canaan. Canaan is where Moses led the Israelites to in The Bible. The promise land is considered perfect, and a land with racial equality would be perfect. ]]> 2018-04-02 18:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247908196 Promise Land andarred000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247908239 2018-04-02 18:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247908239 “Seventy-two-year-old women in Montgomery, Alabama, who rose up with a sense of dignity and when her people decided not to ride segregated busss, and who redsponded with ungrammatical profoundity to one who inquired about her weariness: “My feets is tired, but my soul is at rest.” luuhan002 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247908762 Dr.King ]]> 2018-04-02 19:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247908762 baezmel000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247909839 2018-04-02 19:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247909839 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247909911 “Cavalry’s hill” 
It’s an infamous hill, where 2 thieves and Jesus were crucified.]]> 2018-04-02 19:04:27 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247909911 John Bunyan a prominent figure of the Christian Church asharmuh000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910006 “I will stay in jail to the end of my days before I make a butchery of my conscience” ]]> 2018-04-02 19:04:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910006 baezmel000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910038 “And Abraham Lincoln” 
He was the president of the United States, whom fought for slave’s rights.
"This Nation cannot survive half slave and half free.”]]> 2018-04-02 19:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910038 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910267 “And Thomas Jefferson”
Thomas Jefferson was the founding father, whom wrote the Declaration of Independence and was amongst the people to sign it.]]> 2018-04-02 19:05:38 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910267 “Seventy-two-year-old women in Montgomery, Alabama, who rose up with a sense of dignity and when her people decided not to ride segregated buses, and who responded with ungrammatical profoundity to one who inquired about her weariness: “My feets is tired, but my soul is at rest.” luuhan002 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910285 Dr.King was alluding to Mother Pillard had  courage to stand up against what she felt was wrong and not be afraid to stand up for what she believed in.]]> 2018-04-02 19:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910285 anthoash000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910417 "It was practiced superbly by the early Christians, who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating pain of the chopping blocks rather than submit to certain unjust laws of the Roman Empire.”

This is alluding to the fact that early Christians refused to obey Roman Empire laws, and, as a result, were given a choice between death in the arena by lions or a formal execution. 
]]> 2018-04-02 19:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910417 “Seventy-two-year-old women in Montgomery, Alabama, who rose up with a sense of dignity and when her people decided not to ride segregated busss, and who redsponded with ungrammatical profoundity to one who inquired about her weariness: “My feets is tired, but my soul is at rest.” luuhan002 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910464 Dr.King ]]> 2018-04-02 19:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247910464 Martin Luther baezmel000 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247911469 “Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God.”
Founder of the Lutheran Church ]]> 2018-04-02 19:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247911469 https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247911782 “Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel”
Paul is being referred to the Bible, in which he was Jesus’s apostle.]]> 2018-04-02 19:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eagulefo1/2obj1215zf3i/wish/247911782