Martine Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail?

Question

What are some main points of it because we have to discuss it in class tomorrow? What parts stick out the most and what do they mean?

Sorry I just realized I spelled Martin wrong.

Answer 1

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
He justifies the method of civil disobedience to fight segregation.

"Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with an its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured."