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Letter from Birmingham Jail
by Martin Luther King Jr.
My second read from the Penguin Modern Classics range, which I was inspired to pick up after reading Baldwin's Dark Days and just as I felt with that text, I kick myself for having not read this earlier but I also kick an education system that doesn't share such powerful texts at an age where the teenage mind is malleable enough for these words to form a basis for beliefs. Instead of being educated to any proper extent on the history of the Civil Rights movement and of racism in 'western' cultures, this is a journey I have had to make myself and sadly one I started during my adulthood; I can't help but imagine how much more informed peoples perception of issues of inequality and prejudice would be if they were exposed to such thoughtful voices as King from an earlier age.
The text itself is brilliant, as eloquent as any of the great doctor's speeches and meticulous in its deconstruction of his oppositions argument with faith, love and an everyman voice that is universally accessible. Reading this now at a time of protests in the UK being partially banned and the wake of a great breath behind the battle against sexism, I couldn't help but feel King's advice on breaking bad laws was still as timely as it was when he wrote it, even more so with the events of last summer still on the mind.
I will continue to work my way through these Penguin Modern Classics, as I believe they may be a nice beginning point into a great wealth of human knowledge and as somebody rekindling my love for reading, a nice point guide to the great authors and thinkers that continue to pave our way to a better future.
The text itself is brilliant, as eloquent as any of the great doctor's speeches and meticulous in its deconstruction of his oppositions argument with faith, love and an everyman voice that is universally accessible. Reading this now at a time of protests in the UK being partially banned and the wake of a great breath behind the battle against sexism, I couldn't help but feel King's advice on breaking bad laws was still as timely as it was when he wrote it, even more so with the events of last summer still on the mind.
I will continue to work my way through these Penguin Modern Classics, as I believe they may be a nice beginning point into a great wealth of human knowledge and as somebody rekindling my love for reading, a nice point guide to the great authors and thinkers that continue to pave our way to a better future.