Question

We are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of our Negro citizens, directed and led in part by outsiders. We recognize the natural impatience of people who feel that their hopes are slow in being realized. But we are convinced that these demonstrations are unwise and untimely.

–Letter to King from Birmingham Clergy
April 12, 1963

Choose the best word or phrase to compete each of the following.
The letter seems to indicate that the demonstrations in Birmingham

Answer 1

are unwise and untimely.

The letter explicitly states: “we are convinced that these demonstrations are unwise and untimely,” noting they’re also “directed and led in part by outsiders.”