1. The Relevance of the Letter from Birmingham Jail
According to an analysis published by The Guardian in May of 2015, they found that 23% of black people that were killed by police were unarmed, compared to 15% of white people, and 25% of Hispanic and Latino people. ... "Prison sentences for black men were nearly 20% longer than those of white men for similar crimes in recent years," according to an analysis done by the U.S. ... The punishments for the same crimes are unequal between black and white offenders. "Former Vanderbilt football player Cory Batey must serve a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen to twenty-five years i...
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