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HAP 98 - Meena Krishnamurthy on Martin Luther King Jr

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Writ Tho King's Response to Critics

In his letter from birmingham jale, King was responding to an open letter written by eight clergymen. They asked king to stop the demonstrations that he was engaging in and to wait for the courts to act. He argued non violent direct action was justified as a way of challenging unjust laws. For him, this really is the middle path between being overly confrontational and not anything at all. T very kefin.

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