Question
Use the passages to answer the question.
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL
Credit Line: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April 16, 1963. The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is significant about the date each seminal document was written?
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Responses
One hundred years after Lincoln’s speech, King wonders why America’s Black citizens still do not have rights equal to white citizens.
One hundred years after Lincoln’s speech, King wonders why America’s Black citizens still do not have rights equal to white citizens.
King intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincoln’s speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices Black citizens faced.
King intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincoln’s speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices Black citizens faced.
Even though they deal with similar themes, Lincoln’s speech and King’s letter are otherwise unrelated because they were written so far apart.
Even though they deal with similar themes, Lincoln’s speech and King’s letter are otherwise unrelated because they were written so far apart.
Lincoln’s speech and King’s letter were written the same year, but in different states, bringing attention to the widespread issue of racism in America.
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The most significant response regarding the date each seminal document was written is:
King intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincoln’s speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices Black citizens faced.
This highlights the continuity of the struggle for civil rights in America and emphasizes the lack of progress in achieving true equality for Black citizens since the time of Lincoln.
