1960s, the federal courts finally dismantled.
segregated schools by requiring school districts to.
apply plans, such as school-district rezoning, that.
would bring black and white school children and.
faculty under one roof. In 1971, the Supreme Court.
upheld school busing as a possible means of meeting.
integration goals. By the mid-1960s, however, most.
eligible black voters in the South remained.
disfranchised. Following World War II, African.
Americans initiated local efforts to exercise the.
right to vote but faced strong and sometimes violent.
resistance from local whites. .
Identification.
Birmingham, Alabama was one of the most severely.
segregated cities in the 1960s. Black men and women.
held sit-ins at lunch counters where they were refused.
service, and "kneel-ins" on church steps where they.
were denied entrance. Hundreds of demonstrators were.
fined and imprisoned. In 1963, Dr. King, the Reverend.
Abernathy and the Reverend Shuttlesworth lead a.
protest march in Birmingham. The protestors were met.
with policemen and dogs. Martin Luther King Jr. was.
sent to jail on April 16, 1963. During this short.
time in prison he wrote a lengthy letter in response.
to a public letter from a group of eight clergymen who.
opposed the non-violent demonstrations that King had.
lead. The letter, more commonly known as the "Letter.
from Birmingham Jail
•basically consisted of King's.
arguments, answers, and reasons to the many issues.
going on in the 60's. .
In the begging of the letter, Martin Luther king.
indirectly damns the Clergymen of not being fair in.
their judgments towards the demonstrators. He also.
condemns them for their concerns of the effects of.
demonstrations and not seeing the reasons for.
demonstrations.
•I am sure that none of you would want.
to rest content with the superficial kind of social.
analysis that deals merely with effects and does not.
grapple with underling causes.
•In his letter, king.
states the growing impatience of African Americans.