King understands that openly disregard the law with no disregard would lead to straight chaos, but he insists that he is willing to accept the penalty for his transgression. Some laws that the majority forces to the minority to follow that doesn’t follow them, is a law worth breaking. He then speaks about segregation, describing it as completely “unjust”. Amongst these abuses is his experience explaining to his young daughter why she cannot go to the “public amusement park” because of her skin color and that the black man has been pushed “into the abyss of despair.” King insists that the black man has waited “more than 340 years” this justice. But, the black community has waited long enough. King understands that the clergymen value negotiation over protest, but he says that negotiations cannot happen without protest. Then he states how the SCLC chose to hold out because Birmingham was about to have a mayoral election.
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