Martin Luther King Jr.

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…that denied the citizens the right of peaceful assembly and protest. The Reverend King begins his letter with the reality that he is in jail, re-emphasizing his respect for the law. Throughout his letter, King uses laws, just and unjust, to validate his rational and moral arguments against segregation. King closes his letter with the ideas of peace and brotherhood: two ideas that when ingrained in the heart can never be abolished by any law.