Question

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 phrase from “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. is an example of parallelism?

if you would/if you will


I am impelled


commended the police


young Negro

Answer 1

if you would/if you will

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

if you would/if you will

Parallelism is the repetition of a similar grammatical structure. Authors often use parallelism to emphasize a lesson or idea. In this case, the parallelism is used to emphasize the list of injustices that African Americans have suffered at the hands of the Birmingham Police Dept.