Question

Reread this sentence from the "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

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

In this sentence, King is defing

a. indirect action
b. civil disobediance
c. righteous indignation
d. nonviolent negotiation

Answer 1

try the answer, letter 'B'? 

Answer 2

King is defining a conscious decision to disobey the law and bring forth an issue. Martin Luther King stated in his letter that there are two types of law, just and unjust law. He believed that an unjust law is not good for human society and must be disobey in order to make the government change the law.  so i would say civil disobedience - hope this helps!