A Letter From the Birmingham Jail Reading Questions

What are King’s reasons for being in Birmingham? How does he answer the charge of being an outsider?  What does the following quote mean for Birmingham citizens? What does it mean for each of us today? “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” What are the four basic steps of nonviolent direct action? Why did King and others decide to delay their actions?’  What does King mean by “constructive nonviolent tension” and now does he define its goal? Choose an example from U.S. History which represents the “painful experience that freedom is voluntarily given by the oppressor.”  Choose another example from history which illustrates his point that “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”