... is "grossly unjust" treatment of Negroes in the courts. Through these descriptions, as well as the images of "unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches" with which King fills the mind of his reader, he justifies the attempts made by the Negroes to resolve racial problems in Birmingham. King then illustrates the consistent close-minded refusal of Birmingham's white community to ... of an affluent society." In addition to the obvious meaning of the second statement -- that Negroes have been denied any opportunities to gain wealth -- the diction affects the reader on a subconscious lev...

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