After the Civil War African Americans were being humiliated, tortured, and even killed because of their color; the brutal denunciations deprived these people from numerous rights, practically everything that makes a man a free human being. During the time of racial segregation African Americans could be divested of housing, partaking at eateries, voting, and practically even citizenship. This treatment went on for one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves. These people could not be heard until a preacher from Atlanta, GA expressed his ideals on the issue of unfair racial discrimination. This man was named Martin Luther King Jr. During his life he addressed the cruelty of discrimination by leading nonviolent protests throughout the South; he was the leader of the civil rights movement for African Americans, and he had led Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Letter from Birmingham Jail," powerfully written by Martin Luther King Jr. with convincing and influential language, inspired countless individuals towards contesting for the equality of mankind. …show more content…
He wrote to the clergymen using past situations, in paragraph six: ‘We can never forget that everything that Hitler did in Germany was “legal”.’ This period in history was used as example of injustice because he is trying to elucidate that what may be illegal does not make it right. Everyone understands the real immoral behaviors that Hitler enacted, calling Jews an inferior race. King is just trying to call attention to how mankind’s races are such a small difference blown out of