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Martin Luther King has written a letter from Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963, which he had addressed to Clergymen. The letter written by Martin Luther is a reply to the headlines and the news that he is making being in the Birmingham Jail. Martin Luther King found out that his actions and activities are being considered as ‘unwise and untimely’ and he is being referred as an ‘outsider coming in’. The letter of Martin Luther King is a reply to such arguments and allegations. He clearly specifies in his letter the reasons why he is in the Birmingham jail.

The reader of the letter will agree with Martin Luther once the reader is aware of the actual reasons. The author of the letter has specified that he is in jail because he is fulfilling a promise made by him as a president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference. King made a promise to his affiliates to join them in Birmingham in a nonviolent direction action program. So, kind explains the first reason for being in the Birmingham jail, since he is fulfilling the promise. Further, King explains the reason in detail. He has shed light on the existing injustice in Birmingham. King explains by telling that injustice anywhere will affect the presence of justice in other parts. To quote from letter “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.

Martin Luther King had further discussed about situation of Negros. He also sheds light on the part that although the clergyman (to whom the letter is addressed) they strongly present their views against the demonstrations happening around Birmingham but it does not follow in the same line with the expressions for reasons responsible for those situations. The second reason that the reader of the letter by Martin Luther King from Birmingham jail will agree to him is his non-violent efforts against the racial discrimination that is being faced by the Negros or the African Americans. The efforts of Martin Luther are to fight against the prejudice and racism that has covered the land of Unites States.

The letter by Martin Luther King is an answer to all the allegations put on for his efforts that he with his organization was trying to put in order to fight for the rights of African Americans. Martin Luther King tried to negotiate with whites in order to stop the racism and prejudices against the blacks but it did not work. In Birmingham, many churches and houses that belonged to blacks were bombed. The community of black (African Americans) being a minor one was not treated with respect. The whites who formed the major part of population had created an image that since the majority of population in society belong to their ethnicity so they have full rights to treat black as their servants and this was followed by injustice and prejudices and racism towards them.

Martin Luther King has explained in his letter very logically for the actions and steps taken by him in order to act against people and force which is practicing prejudice and racism in American society against African American.

If the reader of letter by Martin Luther King strongly believed in equality and the reader is against racism and discrimination against minority groups of society then in all the ways the reader of the letter by King will agree to the reasons explained by King in his letter. This letter was written after the disturbing scenarios of attacks on black people in Birmingham, when King started with a non-violent movement but was taken to Birmingham jail in order to stop his actions.

Works Cited "New World Encyclopedia." n.d. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955-1968). 26 9 2016.