Martin Luther King Jr. opens his letter with an explanation of why he has chosen to respond to the clergymen's public statement opposing his involvement in Birmingham's nonviolent protests. He argues his presence in the city is warranted by an invitation from the Birmingham chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a national organization over which he presides. "Beyond this," he is in Birmingham because "injustice is here." He says he cannot remain in Atlanta when he knows there are problems in Birmingham because "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." He notes the clergymen are worried about the protests in Birmingham yet show no concern about "the white power structure ... [that] left the Negro community with no other alternative."
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Martin Luther King Jr. opens his letter with an explanation of why he has chosen to respond to the clergymen's public statement opposing his involvement in Birmingham's nonviolent protests. He argues his presence in the city is warranted by an invitation from the Birmingham chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a national organization over which he presides. "Beyond this," he is in Birmingham because "injustice is here." He says he cannot remain in Atlanta when he knows there are problems in Birmingham because "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." He notes the clergymen are worried about the protests in Birmingham yet show no concern about "the white power structure ... [that] left the Negro community with no other alternative."
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