Goals of King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail

We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham, and all over the nation, because the goal of America is freedom. Abused and scorned though we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny (www.netgaincc.com/sddemocrats/ltrbirm.html).

King is also clear about how this goal should be achieved, and in the letter he calls upon his critics to join him in the next demonstration, the next arrest, the next stint in jail. King's nonviolent approach was highly successful and would become the model for other movements. His larger goal of achieving human freedom for blacks has been only partly achieved, and while the nature of the problem today is somewhat different because of the successes King and others have achieved, the essential goal remains the same.

In the letter, King restates his belief in nonviolent demonstrations as a strat

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