Topic > Letter from Martin Luther King from a Birmingham prison

Talks about segregation: "Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, replaces an [I-it] relationship with an [I-thou] relationship and ends up regulating people to the state of things,” give credibility to a well-educated man who helps support his clause. The same is true when he talks about Meshach and Nebuchadnezzar's Abednego regarding acts of civil disobedience. He shows his character when he gives an example about what “Hitler did in Germany was [legal] and everything the Hungarian freedom fighters did in Hungary was [illegal]. It was [illegal] to help and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. Despite this, I am sure that if I had lived in Germany at that time, I would have helped and comforted my Jewish brothers." And "If today I lived in a communist country where some principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I would openly support disobedience to the anti-religious laws of that country." Telling his audience that he would willingly go against the laws of his country for the greater good shows how fair and just this man is and that all he wants is justice and equality for his