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Dr. King was an African American who wanted each and every human being to be treated equal. He did not care what color you were because in his eyes color did not matter. Dr. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up attending Ebenezer Baptist Church. While at Ebenezer he served as a pastor from 1914-1931. King was a very educated man which shows by him graduating high school at the young age of fifteen. He later went on and graduated from Moore House College.
After reading Dr. Martin Luther Kings letter titled “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” I have an opinion on whether or not the 14th Amendment disenfranchisement laws fit King’s definition of an unjust law. I believe that these laws fit King’s definition of an unjust law.
King says an unjust law is “a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself….difference made legal.”
One reason that I believe the laws fit the definition of an unjust law......

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