My Work, Themes, and A Letter from Birmingham Jail

When reading A Letter from Birmingham Jail, it is evident that Dr. Martin Luther King was very enraged about being discriminated for being African-American. Dr. King talks a lot about peaceful protests. One of the major themes that emerges from Dr. King's letter is race. Dr. King says that race is the problem with America. King tried to use peaceful protest to gain civic equality.

At the heart of Dr. Kings letter is the issue of race. Almost 50 years later, the first African-American president of he United States was elected. I believe that Dr. King was successful in this attempts to gain civic equality for everyone. Although America still has problems when it come to racism, we have come quite a long ways. Without Dr. King, Voices from the Gaps would be impossible.

Since Voices from the Gaps is a site for only woman writers and artists of color, most of them would not be able to do what they are doing if not for Dr. King. Dr. King brought civic equality into American life. Civic equality in terms of law, but over time, we have accomplished Dr. Kings dream of full equality. With this type of equality, minority writers and artists have prospered.

This is where my work comes into play. At VG we write biographies about these minority women. Race is important at VG, not because we discriminate but because we are giving minorites a larger voice.

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