University:
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
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AP World History
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2021
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1
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Prince Sampson

Name:_____________________________________________ Due Date:_______ Unit:____ Page: ____ Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Questions Directions: Answer the following questions based on your reading of Dr. King’s famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. 1. Dr. King writes, I came across your recent statement calling out present activities unwise and untimely. What “present activities” is he referring to? (Paragraph 1) Dr. King means all of the protests that happened regarding the civil rights movement. 2. How did Dr. King respond to the charges that he was an outsider stirring up trouble in Birmingham, Alabama? (Paragraph 2,3,4) Anyone who lives in the United States is not an outsider within its bounds. 3. According to Dr. King, what are the four basic steps in any nonviolent campaign? (Paragraph 5) Collection of facts, Negotiation, Self purification, and direct action. 4. What is King’s point of engaging in “nonviolent direct action” (Paragraph 6+7) Dr King's point is that Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people; nonviolence seeks to win friendships and understanding rather than violence. 5. Do you agree with MLK when he stated that people have a” moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws”? Why or why not? If we are speaking in MLK’s circumstances back then, then I would agree because unjustified laws were not fair and caused African Americans a lot of suffering. But nowadays, laws are much fairer than they were during the Civil Rights Movement. I think everyone should obey the law and if you have an issue with it, you can protest. 6. Why is it a “legitimate concern” that people express a great deal of anxiety over the willingness to break laws in the fight for equality (Paragraph 9)? Because the people that express anxiety are scared to speak up because their voices have been shut out for a very long time. they are scared. 7. How does Dr. King describe the heroes that the South will recognize “one day”? (Paragraph 10) The people Dr. King brought up leaders that did huge things for the Civil Rights Movement. James Meredith and Rosa Parks. Those are the true leaders who have made a difference in their common goals.