Read the excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail.

I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating

in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

What is King's purpose for including this sentence?

to emphasize his own Southern roots

to illustrate the depth of his religious faith

to establish his professional credentials

to explain his ties to the city of Atlanta

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American activist and also a spokesperson of Civil Rights Movement. It is known that the biggest influences on him were nonviolence and faith through Christianity. The mentioned Letter from Birmingham Jail is also known as The Negro is your brother, and it is an open letter that emphasizes nonviolent methods to face racism. In the quote, both influences are easily seen, like the already mentioned nonviolence, King also adds emphasis to his Christian faith with the sentence.

annyksl annyksl · Answer 2 · 2022-03-09T12:49:20+01:00

Martin Luther King's purpose is to establish his professional credentials, as shown in the penultimate answer option.

Who was Martin Luther King?

He was an African American activist.
He was the leader of the civil rights movement.

He was a pastor, scholar, and a great thinker of his time.

King was accused by other clergies of not following biblical and religious precepts. However, he understood that his protests were within the religious precepts and so he showed his professional credentials, to show his oppressors, that he knew what he was defending.

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