Martin Luther King Jr. did a non-violent campaign in Birmingham Alabama. Birmingham was one of the few cities where the fourth step in King's non-violent campaign theory called "direct action" was necessary. Unfortunately, King was jailed on April 12-20, 1963 for violating a court injunction by leading a protest march in Birmingham. While King was in jail, eight Alabama clergymen published a statement criticizing the use of "direct action" and referred to this approach as "unwise and untimely". While incarcerated, King politely responded to their statement i

King describes two types of laws, just and unjust. "A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or law of God...An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law (King 481)." In a more simple term just law is a law which will strengthen one's personality and unjust will demean one's personality. During the civil rights movement, African Americans were fighting for just laws. All the segregation laws enabled African Americans from being respected as well as dehumanized their soul. If blacks did not have the freedom to engage in any activity or manifest their knowledge in any public school, they are being cheated out of their human given rights.

n a letter titled "Letter from Birmingham City Jail."

Mohandas Gandhi claims that civilization is irreligion, meaning that anyone is capable of civilization no matter what race, religion, or creed one may be. Being civilized according to the British causes absolutely zero amount of brain usage along with human effort. There is no reason for the Europeans to discriminate against the Indians in South Africa, because it is obvious that the European standard of civilization is extremely low.

Thus, Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King jr. were advocates who with a specific plan made a difference in societies all over. Each document was written in an intelligent but forceful conduct where neither was ignored. Although Gandhi and King come from two totally different backgrounds and cultures, it wasn't complex to compare and contrast the analytical perspective of each of their documents. Furthermore, the documents answered questions such as why was that approach taken. Although some of Gandhi's statements were disagreeable, he still managed to successfully get his point across to many individuals. The theories of King as well as Gandhi are still in effect today amongst many different cultures. Not only with racial or culture issues, but sexuality, and economical class as well. Although there are still numerous amount of racial and culture issues, the work of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. paved the way for many minorities all across the world. It is an influence to the young and the old on dealing with certain disagreeable issues that need to be attended. Even though they both based their documents on a different factor in discrimination, both docu

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