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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
''The tear gassing and beating of Negroes in Selma, Alabama, yesterday... upon orders of Governer'Wallace clearly dramatizes... That Negroes are not respected... And are treated worse than cattle.'' -Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, who was the secretary of the SCLC, invited Martin Luther King Jr. to come and help desgregate the city.
After days of marching, Fred Shuttlesworth, MLK Jr., and a small group of protesters were arrested. It was Good Friday. April 12, 1963.
While he was in jail, King wrote an open letter to white religious leaders. It was a really long letter.
If this letter hadn't been written, even less would have been done about desegregation. Since it made the leaders think about the innocent people they were hurting, it probably made them more hesitant in hurting MORE people.
I think this was significant, because it made a lot of leaders think. It made them think of what they would do if their family and friends were being hurt because of inequalities. The letter was basically a guilt trip.
