"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects
all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the
United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail 1963
According to this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail, it is clear that
A
King's methods of boycotts and non-violent civil disobedience were
effective in ending segregation in the south
B)
King was prepared to call for violent protests against groups like the Ku
Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council
King believed that the problem of racial injustice was not limited to
Birmingham, Alabama: rather it affected all Americans.
tion by the Federal government was the only