a letter from birmingham jail
...T HE MADE ALL OF THESE QUOTES AND REFERENCES WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING TO CALL ON BUT HIS MEMORY. IN MY EYES HE WAS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH HIS BELIEFS AND ACTIONS AND DOES NOT GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT HIS SHORTENED LIFE PRODUCED.People are fearful of a person they see walking down the street. It is now a matter of personal safety not to help someone who is stranded alongside the road, you just do not know. Citizens of large cities, and even smaller sized communities, keep their doors locked at all times and talk to people through chains and bolts. What happened to the friendliness of the 50's where doors did not have to be locked, and people trusted each other? Fear seems to control the American life, all because of random acts of violence? It is shown in recent studies that more people will be killed by someone they have never met before then ever before. Random acts of violence are creating outsiders within the U.S. Martin Luther ...