1.0 Overview Martin Luther King faced resistance from his colleague clergymen as a result of conducting demonstrations in Birmingham. In particular, there were actually eight clergymen seeking to challenge his resistant activities against segregation in Birmingham. The eight white clergymen had sought to deliver a statement of concern to the general public terming these demonstrations as being unwise and badly timed. Now, whereas King rarely responded to such critics, he found it necessary to make a rejoinder based on the fact that he deemed the clergies as people of good will and the right intentions.
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