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Fight ForYour Right
By Tierney Hughes
In the twentieth century, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929)1968) emerged from the lower class of society, and became one of the most influential civil rights leader in the United States. King promoted non-violent protests in the late fifties, to fight for equal rights for the African American culture. He wanted all races to get along, and he wanted equality for all. Certain laws prohibited equality among races from happening. Moral and immoral laws exist throughout government. King wanted everyone, black and white, to open their eyes, and acknowledge the injustice countered by the government ruling. Ideally, laws are made to help a country not tear it apart. Laws were made for the good of the people, but for some, laws prove to be unjust and immoral.
In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," King writes to his fellow clergymen in regards to their criticism on King's actions. The clergymen disapproved of King's behavior. King is the president of......

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