Thursday, January 15, 2009

Group Discussion Comments about Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Jack, June, Bridgette and Jennifer are the members of this group.

As we discussed our questions we agreed that the thesis of the letter was why direct action is the only way to battle unjust laws. We found many supporting pieces of evidence in the letter backing up his beliefs. Bridgette and I also discussed how we thought the audience was not only for the clergymen but for the entire nation. Bridgette spoke about why she thought the audience was for the white moderates because Dr. King says how he "hoped the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structures dams that block the flow of justice ." Honestly we didn't have much time to finish discussing all of the questions. Concluding our discussion, we spoke about writing the essay on this letter and exchanging e-mail addresses.

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