Question

Martin Luther King, Jr. most likely wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as a _____. call to action for those wanting to accelerate justice rational justification for actions taken in logical steps documentation of his commitment to self-purification validation for actions considered inappropriate by others

Answer 1

Martin Luther King, Jr. most likely wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" as validation for actions considered inappropriate by others.

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" was a letter that Martin Luther King, Jr. composed in his prison cell in Birmingham. It was written in response to the criticism that his campaign to end segregation had received from the part of religious leaders. In this letter, he also explained the reasons why he had broken the law.