King's A Letter From Birmingham Jail has become a classic and for good reason. ... King was not an anarchist, rather he chose to nonviolently resist. ... Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego nonviolently refused to obey King Nebuchadnezzar, since they believed that the laws under the king were in conflict with the higher laws. ... King knew that love and justice were lacking in laws of man. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. voraciously read and internalized philosophy and examples from numerous historical figures in order to act with a timeless, universal and wise course of action. ...

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According to Martin Luther King, in his piece, Letter From Birmingham Jail, written on April 16, 1963, there are two types of laws that exist today in our society. ... King wrote this piece, our country was in chaos as the south was suppressing it's black community by placing these sorts of unjust laws on their citizens. ... This is similar to what the south had to go through when King devised his ideas of civil disobedience. King was right in fighting to bridge the differences between just and unjust laws in our society. Almost 40 years have passed since King reached out to the citiz...

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Henry David Thoreau, Howard Zinn, and Martin Luther King all supported the idea of citizens having a strong voice in government. ... "(4) Later, Thoreau's defiance would influence Martin Luther King to also defy the government. ... Thoreau's acts of defiance against unjust laws he didn't believe in caused Martin Luther King and his fellow Negro community to do the same. ... "(5) Like Martin Luther King, Howard Zinn also sided with Thoreau in believing that your senses are more powerful than unjust laws. ... Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King Jr., and Howard Zinn ...

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This is very similar to what Martin Luther King did when he got arrested. ... King thinks that in violating laws "openly," he and his followers are more virtuous than those who violate laws secretly. ... Although Waldman does make viable points, I am not sure he fully understands the reason for the things King is doing. King in his letter talks about the reasons for why it had to come down to civil disobedience, Waldman must not have paid to close of attention to these reasons. ... (Luther, paragraph 21). ...

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Led by Martin Luther King, Jr, African-Americans who had been treated as second-class citizens for more than a century, used successfully the strategy of civil disobedience by promoting and ensuring the civil rights of millions. ...

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Being a good citizen is not developed through mere participation in sports. Citizenship is, at its core, social responsibility. It means doing your part for the common good, making your community and its institutions work well, serving the community, and obeying the laws. Citizenship through athleti...

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