Question

Who does King believe is worthy of praise instead
in a letter from birmingham jail

Answer 1

In the letter King says the people worthy of praise are those who engage in nonviolent direct action — those who openly and lovingly break unjust laws and willingly accept the penalty to call attention to injustice. He contrasts them with the “white moderate” who prefers order over justice and criticizes passive respectability; the civilly disobedient, principled resisters, he argues, deserve praise.