MLK Jr. Summary

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When MLK Jr. was told to wait and that his protests were “untimely” he responded honestly and with great support for his claim that there could be no more waiting. He first starts off by saying that black individuals have waited for upwards of three hundred and forty years for these rights there can be waiting no more. MLK Jr. specifically addresses the idea of "God-given rights" which are granted by God, and cannot be taken away or inhibited by anyone other than God. He also brings up "Constitutional rights" which is very important to distinguish because the Constitution does not grant a single right, it only protects them. MLK Jr. is making that case, which is correct, that any law that violates a right is not a law at all. He is attacking the idea that rights are given when in reality they are …show more content…

pointed out very little if any action would have been taken at all, they both had the same general views. So the timing of the protests was perfect, it showed they were no longer going to stand for this, and they were going to continue until their rights were protected as well. The officials had no right to make laws that infringed on the rights of these black men, women, and children. MLK Jr. stated, "There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair” (Page 2). This quote holds the essence why there can be no more waiting, he refers to the beatings, hangings, drownings, and injustices that black individuals faced in his letter. The timing of these protests was the point at which the “cup” ran over for the black community, it just so happened that it was inconvenient for the white officials trying to be elected. The timing of these protests was perfect, it showed the old and the new administrations as well as the people that the black community would no longer have its rights infringed upon, and these unjust laws must

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