Martin Luther King Jrs argument for a new community based on the segregation in the south

An Untimely Community
In a time of hate and distrust it is sometimes necessary for one man to step in and provide arguments for new ideas. Birmingham, Alabama felt this hate and distrust between people of black and white heritage in the early 1960's. Holding segregation and police brutality as part of the ideals in the community, one man saw the need for reform. Martin Luther King Jr. responds to the "Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen" with his document, "Letter from Birmingham Jail". King argues for a new community of equality by citing problems with the white church, identifyin…