Asked by jk

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

How does King support this claim?
by describing his own experience with waiting for civil rights
by providing quotes from militant civil rights demonstrators
by explaining the racist attitudes of some White politicians
by recalling a dream of his in which all people were equal

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by describing his own experience with waiting for civil rights

In the letter King recounts the long delay and broken promises—how African Americans have waited for justice and been told to "wait"—to show that freedom won't be handed over without demand and action.