Letter from a BIRMINGHAM JAIL, Explained [AP Gov Required Documents]

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In this video Heimler walks you through another one of your required documents for the AP Government curriculum, namely, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail.
In this document King responds to a group of white clergymen who have urged patience on the devotees of the Civil Rights Movement. But King points out that anyone who could possibly say "wait" in the face of injustice has never been under the humiliating lash of injustice itself.

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it amazing that this letter was written on the margins of a newspaper and scraps of paper passed to him.

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Many books were written in prison that way. Another example is Albert Speer's "Inside the Third Reich."

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I'm not in AP history (9th English honors) but we're doing a rhetorical analysis on Letter from Birmingham Jail and this really helped me understand more of what MLK was trying to say

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This document should be required reading in elementary school, as important as the declaration of independence and the bill of rights. It is a blueprint for BLM and any March and protest against injustice.

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Bro I never realized how much MLk was spitting. Like he didn’t miss

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We analyzed this letter in AP English Lang!!!

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Isn't it crazy that this letter was written 50 years ago! How times changed!

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Unfortunately the substance of his critique still rings true today.

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Teachers never read this to us. The words were heavy. When you think about it, he's probably one of the fathers of Modern America.

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How did the letter motivate the social movement?

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Whoa. Slow down there. You are speaking so fast it's hard to comprehend and contain. May I suggest decafe instead. 😉

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You can also slow the video down by adjusting the settings

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[@kevinlove4356]

I do not see how the 14th amendment applies to a situation where the owner of a private business was engaging in acts of racial discrimination. Neither the federal nor the state government was involved. Indeed, private persons have a right to freedom of association. Which includes the right to not associate with someone by doing business with him.

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Discrimination on the basis of race is a public matter no matter whether the business is private; it takes place within the state and the country, and a citizen is being treated as a second-class citizen even if only by a business. It 100% applies.
Also, casual racism is still racism; your comment is not good.

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@@MicaiahBaron - Speaking in strictly technical terms, the 14th Amendment does not apply to private businesses discriminating against customers. Congress used other sections of the Constitution (most notably the Interstate Commerce Clause) to give federal oversight to anti-discrimination legislation and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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@@justinfranco5342 last time i checked our government dont run on strictly technical terms, the government did not enforce the 14th amendment properly and therefore citizens protested rightfully and peacefully for what was right. technicalities dont get shit done

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@@MicaiahBaron Discussing a racial issue is not racism. Nice virtue signaling though.

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@@glennwatson3313 I'm going to assume you're just ignorant, since that's probably the most generous assumption here. The discussion was about the idea of not doing business with people based on race, which is racism. Not about talking about racism.