... by an infection and the tension in Birmingham resulted from segregation. Next King attacks the absurd assertion that "our actions, even though peaceful, must be condemned because they precipitate violence," and he compares the Negroes to Jesus, a religious allusion intended to nullify the clergymen's condemnation of the Negroes. From King's statement that "Society must protect the robbed ... versus the enduring virtue of human dignity. By describing the Negroes who come "perilously close to advocating violence," King develops a contrast between what the demonstrations in Birmingham were,...

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