Civil Rights Movement: Analysis of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

1. Introduction: strategies of the civil rights movement in the early 1960s
2. Read description of Birmingham, Alabama from The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. Read "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"  (Audio)
4. Take notes based on the following questions (identify evidence):
• Who is King writing the letter to (audience)?
• What is King's main argument?
• Is the letter effective in making that argument? 
• Based on this letter, how would you describe the strategy of the SCLC?
• Why is this document historically significant?