It is disturbing to know that fighting for our natural born rights could wind us up in jail. Martin Luther King Jr. experienced this very thing when he nonviolently protested against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written while he was in jail and is a superbly intelligent, logical, and articulate argumentation about his actions and the injustice with which they were precipitated. King uses the theme of law to support his …showed first 75 words of 516 total…

…showed last 75 words of 516 total…that denied the citizens the right of peaceful assembly and protest. The Reverend King begins his letter with the reality that he is in jail, re-emphasizing his respect for the law. Throughout his letter, King uses laws, just and unjust, to validate his rational and moral arguments against segregation. King closes his letter with the ideas of peace and brotherhood: two ideas that when ingrained in the heart can never be abolished by any law.