Was there a purpose behind King's honorable humbleness and humility to those who so rudely besmirched his attempts at equality? To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., hostility and spite were not ways of achieving his goals for equality. Instead of rashness and hostility he used love, patience, and understanding to achieve communication with those who persecuted him. .
As American's we hold nothing more dear than our own personal family's heritage. Whether you"re from the slow moving, speech slurring South or from the bustling and hustling North, one always takes pride in his history and what it means to him. When this history is thrown to the ground and trampled upon by an angry mob, it is only natural for some to become angry and fight for there history. Thus, they did riot and trouble the laws of the land. It wasn't about social positioning, or a hostile invasion; all they wanted was their freedom from hate, oppression and injustice.
However, even before reading "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", I was always intrigued about the man who was shot for standing up for what he believed in. As a Southern United States native, I hear a lot of talk about racial prejudices and how poorly people have been treated in the past. I have read about the Alabama governor George Wallace and his attempts of stopping segregation in Alabama schools; I have read about the Ku Klux Klan and their extremist views; I have read many literary works on the Civil War and the different points of view on what it was exactly about; I grew up learning about the Civil Rights movement and all those who took a stand for their rights; I have been taught the way life used to be when "the colored" and "whites" lived completely separate lives , and I have learned about the many protest and riots that filled my own streets decades before I was born. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was only a legend I had heard about. I was always intrigued about the man who was shot for standing up for what he believed in.