Letter from a Birmingham Jail

Why was Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham?

• The affiliate there asked his organization to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct action program.

• He heard of the injustices and came down to help.

• He was traveling on a family vacation.

What does nonviolent direct action seek to do?

• To create enough tension to cause a war between the two groups.

• Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

• It seeks to encourage the community to join in the action.

• It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.

The purpose of the letter was to respond to the white clergymen who criticized his nonviolent direct actions.

• True

• False

Martin Luther King Jr. was disappointed that fellow clergymen would see his nonviolent efforts as those of a/an...

• extremist

• activist

• fanatic

• agitator

What attitude of white moderates is criticized in "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

• Their complete agreement with the civil rights movement.

• Their demeaning attitude and thoughts that time will be what fixes segregation, which shows a lack of real understanding about segregation.

• Their active participation in demonstrations.

• Their support for immediate legal changes.

The message of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail was...

• Equal rights for all are inalienable and guaranteed by the constitution

• Americans were colorblind to the troubles in their country

• Equality would forever remain as a "dream"

• It would take riots for there to be change

Answer explanation

King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail depicts the need for all to join together in overcoming the injustices that were happening as they were against American's rights.

Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

• Advocating for the abolition of slavery

• Calling for nonviolent protests against segregation

• Arguing for the ratification of the Constitution

• Encouraging rebellion against the British monarchy

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is written by ...

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Malcom X

• Jesse Jackson

• Thurgood Marshall

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" argues in defense of ...

• Direct non-violent action

• Indirect non-violent action

• Direct violent action

• Indirect violent action

"We know through painful experience that

freedom is never voluntarily given by the

oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."

• Declaration of Independence

• Brutus #1

• Federalist #10

• Letter from Birmingham Jail