Question

Read the passage.

From "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" I must close now. But before closing I am impelled to mention one other point in your
statement that troubled me profoundly. You warmly commended the Birmingham police force for keeping "order" and "preventing
violence." I don't believe you would have so warmly commended the police force if you had seen its angry violent dogs literally
biting six unarmed, nonviolent Negroes. I don't believe you would so quickly commend the policemen If you would observe their
ugly and Inhuman treatment of Negroes here in the city jail; if you would watch them push and curse old Negro women and young
Negro girls; If you would see them slap and kick old Negro men and young Negro boys; If you will observe them, as they did on
two occasions, refuse to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together. I'm sorry that I can't join you in your praise
for the police department.
Which contrast does Dr. King present in this part of the letter?
He contrasts the treatment of the women and girls with the treatment of the men and boys.
He contrasts the violent behavior of the police with the nonviolent behavior of the protesters.
He contrasts the violent behavior of the police dogs with the nonviolent behavior of the police.

Answer 1

he contrasts the violent behavior of the police with the nonviolent behavior of the protesters

Answer 2

Option B. In this part of the letter, Dr. King contrasts the violent behavior of the police with the nonviolent behavior of the protesters.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the open letter written by Christian minister and social activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, he directly refers to the clergymen that had publicly commended the Birmingham police force for keeping "order" and "preventing violence" after a nonviolent protest that ended up with the incarceration of Dr. King and several other African American protesters. Dr. King contrasts the violent behavior of the police forced, and how they used the police dogs to bit unarmed protesters who were not participating in any violent act, how the same police force gave an inhumane treatment to the protesters that were in the city jail, and how they even showed violence against women and children of color. Dr. King wrote that part of the letter to show how mistaken the clergymen were, by protecting and defending the police force instead of the real victims of the situation.