Hist 202. Assignment
In a 500-word essay using “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and chapter 16 of the course textbook, provide a clear and detailed response to the following question:
What is Martin Luther King’s clarion call?
In your essay include the following:
Constitutional bases (plural of basis) MLK can claim that African-Americans are free and have the right to use the same public facilities, like lunch counters, hotels, amusement parks, and schools?
Constitutional basis that the fact that majority black districts have few if any blacks registered to vote, is an injustice?
Using specific examples, how was the violence towards African-Americans in MLK’s time practically identical to the Reconstruction era?
Using specific examples, how was the violence towards African-Americans in MLK’s time practically identical to the Reconstruction era?
