Donald Tironi
Notes from Martin Luther King Jr.
- A letter written from Birmingham jail
- Written in response to criticism by a group of prominent white clergymen
- His vision—a beloved community
- He was a civil rights leader
- Type of leader—religious/non-official
- Why? He was a revered and he used religion as a means of influence
- A follower of Ghandi
- Believed in non-violent action
- Protests, sit-ins, boycotts, etc.
- He was thrust into leadership
- Selected to run a bus boycott
- Protests began on April 3—imprisoned on April 12(Good Friday)
- Very persuassive
- How?
- answers questions before they were asked
- very polite, and non-offensive
- argues based on example
- eloquent
- Well-respected/well-liked leader
- Informal leader with informal authority
- Promotes civil disobiedience
- Just vs. unjust laws
- Just are moral
- Unjust are immoral
- He focused on Civil Rights
- This is an open letter, and is addressed to one person with the intention of making it more well-known
