Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama. There he writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail," which advocated nonviolent civil disobedience. One of the greatest letters ever written. After being jailed in Birmingham Ala. Dr. King responds to 8 clergymen and preachers who criticized his civil disobedience. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Dr. King, defending civil disobedience, cited Augustine an unjust law is no law at all and Aquinas who defined an unjust law as a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Said Dr. King, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. …show more content…
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is, in reality, expressing the highest respect for the law. Civil disobedience is not an attention-seeking stunt but is a measured response to unjust laws and systems. It's an Interesting piece because moral law and civil disobedience can be tricky and complicated issues, but I'd agree that Dr. King was enlightened in much of his thinking. I admire Martin Luther King Jr. for being such a champion of civil rights, an advocate for justice and equality, and a genuinely inspired