"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

"for the cause of Peace and Brotherhood"

                                                  -- Martin Luther King

1. Independent Reading --  Please begin at the bell

2.  Excerpt from Stride Toward Freedom -- you have fully completed the assignment on this text, including a response at the end.  I will collect this at the beginning of the period.

 3.  Today I need you to share your email address with me.  GO TO Baltrushes.blogspot.com    Under "Important Links" at the right CLICK on the link "Student Data Form."   Fill out the form and click on SUBMIT.  


4.  Today we are starting "Letter from Birmingham Jail" written by Martin Luther King after he was arrested during the campaign of nonviolent protest in Birmingham, one of the most segregated cities in America.  "Letter fro Birmingham Jail" has become a classic statement in support of civil disobedience.  It was written in response to a letter by eight local clergymen criticizing King's action's as "unwise and untimely."  In the part of the letter that you will read, King defends his actions by drawing upon the ideas of philosophers, religious scholars, biblical figures, and political thinkers with whom his audience, as clergymen, would have been familiar.  CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR THE TEXT OF THE LETTER.  You will receive a handout for paraphrasing the text.

5. Letter from Birmingham Jail

6.  Letter from Birmingham Jail