Question 1 Not yet graded / 1 pts Why do people resist?  What are they resisting?  Under what conditions do they resist? Your Answer: Question 2 Not yet graded / 1 pts In order, list the four steps of a nonviolent campaign

Question 1

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Why do people resist?  What are they resisting?  Under what conditions do they resist?

Your Answer:

People resist because the injustice happens in Birmingham city, they are resisting about racial injustice. The condition they resist are Birmingham is segregated city in the united state, and political leaders consistently refused to engage in good-faith negotiation.

Question 2

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In order, list the four steps of a nonviolent campaign.  Explain the purpose of the final step.

Your Answer:

four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. The purpose of the final step is seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. So, the purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation

Question 3

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Identify the two confessions Dr. King made in this letter.  What point do you think he was trying to make?

Your Answer:

Two confessions: “I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate.” who he believes has been the largest obstacle to integration and black freedom. By preaching patience and valuing “order” over “justice,”. people who see injustice and do nothing are more sinful than those who commit the injustice. This is an extension of what he has been arguing throughout the entire letter

second confession: “I have been disappointed with the white church and its leadership.” He point out that “ The contemporary church is so often a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. It is so often the arch supporter of the status quo“ and “if the church of today does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authentic ring, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning for the twentieth century. “

Question 4

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Describe the difference between positive peace and negative peace.

Your Answer:

Negative peace refers to the absence of violence while positive peace presence for violence. 

Question 5

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Describe the difference between a just and an unjust law.

Your Answer:

just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. 

Question 6

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The "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" was written in response to an open letter written by 8 Alabama clergymen of different denominations.  An open letter is a letter that is addressed to a specific person.  However, rather than send that letter directly to the person, it is sent to the public.

This open letter, linked below, was sent to local Alabama newspapers in response to Dr. King's demonstrations against segregation, for which he was sitting in a Birmingham jail cell at the time.  Read the open letter and briefly discuss 1) your thoughts on it, and 2) whether you think it is similar to anything you hear about the Black Lives Matter protests happening across the country right now.

Statement by Alabama Clergymen

Actions

Your Answer:

The issue was taken not serious and that why they acted out so they can be heard

It happens in the same way when George Floyd was killed and the action on the cops was not enough to the community which has led to the Black Lives Matter protests.