1. Evaluation of a Letter
King attempts to tap into people's compassion towards children to try and describe his own familiarity of racism. For example, he uses his son's question, "Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean" (146). ... He also brings into question whether or not Negroes breaking laws were any worse than white "heroes" of the past that had broken laws in an effort to do justice. ... King says "that the Negro's greatest stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate[ ]who prefers negativ...
- Word Count: 1396
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School