From de3c41851f5f241537f8e64f9fd4a5fcfc12da63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lukas Werner Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:03:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] finish more Letter From a Brimingham Jail --- apgov/LetterFromABriminghamJail.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/apgov/LetterFromABriminghamJail.md b/apgov/LetterFromABriminghamJail.md index 9aac30d..9aedb2d 100644 --- a/apgov/LetterFromABriminghamJail.md +++ b/apgov/LetterFromABriminghamJail.md @@ -15,3 +15,29 @@ They asked the merchants to stop with their discriminatory signs and however tha ### Thinking back to Dr. King's intended audience and purpose, why is he describing these delays in the direct action? What is he trying to communicate to his audience? He added these delays in order to get better at doing the non-violence part of direct action protesting. Furthermore the direct action was further postponed in order to avoid the mixing of issues between this and other activities + +### Explain how each of these concepts fit in the context of Dr. King's argument +* nonviolent direct action +* tension +* negotation +* policy change that advances civil rights +Nonviolent direct action is a good way to siginificant policy changes in the face of failed negotiation. If the tension and pressure is to get the better leverage for the negotiation table. + +### What does this claim relate to Dr. King's argument from the previous paragraph? +This shows how they needed the tension in order to keep their action going and further progressing. + +### What is one specific example of the use of legal pressure by the civil rights movement of the 1960s? +* Brown v Board of Ed + +### What was the process for achiving gains in civil rights that Dr. King described in his argument? +* nonviolence direct action +* tension +* negotiation +* profit + +### What challenges might a social movment using this process encounter? How might a social movement using this process overcome this challenge? +* Extremely strong pushback and the people against the direct action +* add more, expand, push your narative + +### What is one implication of the process outlined in Dr. King's arugment? How might this process affect policy-making, other social movements, or another political principle, institution, process, policy, or behavior discussed in the course so far? +