The "Letter from Birmingham Jail" as a speech to the white Americans. Martin Luther King wrote his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in 1963, while being arrested for non-permitted parading in a protest against racial segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. In the letter, the biggest amount of criticism was addressed to the fellow clergymen and the Church that did not perceive the issue as an urgent one. I believe that one of the most significant issues King raises …showed first 75 words of 595 total…

…showed last 75 words of 595 total…and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." I believe that the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was an ingenious argument that shocked and moved the silent majority of the Americans; it made them see behind their casual conservatism. And that is what Martin Luther King strived for. "I had hoped that the white moderate would see this need." The Letter from Birmingham expresses his true disappointment with the white moderates.