Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter Relates To Civil Rights Timeline

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter relates to the Civil Rights Timeline because they both served as accounts of the long road to freedom in a movement that was largely centered around actions and spoken words. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (SB Book Birmingham Jail 206) influenced many of the later events shown on the Civil Right Timeline. In an article from Wikipedia, Rosa parks (Secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP) said she was tired of being a part of a race that “Just gave in”. She also said quote, “ Blacks must stand up for themselves and eachother. We must not be the doormats of the white man” (Rosa Parks Wikipedia 2015). I feel that Rosa Parks actions in standing

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