Martin had the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization with one in every southern state, havin

Martin goes on to write that it is unfortunate that demonstrations are going on in Birmingham, but is even more unfortunate that the city's white community left the Negro residents with no further alternative. The reasons for non-violent protest in the Negro community were record numbers of brutality, grossly unjust treatment in the courts, record numbers of unsolved bombings of homes and churches, and harsh treatment in department stores. All negotiations with the cities fathers had failed. And in result of these actions they had no choice but to prepare for direct action, which were non-violent protest - risking emotional and physical harm to their selves and their families.

g headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin was in Birmingham because that was where the injustice was. He was there heading up a nonviolent campaign, which he

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