Question

.3. Reread this sentence from "Letters of Birmingham Jail".

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of improsonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."

In this sentence, King is defining?
A. Indirect action
B. Civil disobedience ** my answer
C. Righteous indignation
D. Nonviolent negotiation,

Answer 1

In this sentence, King is defining B. Civil disobedience. His argument is to protect and empower the rights of African people against White Americans. This statement is civil disobedience because it stated about respecting the law. The one who does not respect the law do not have any conscious to justice.