Select one of the following essay prompts and develop a 4-1/2 to 5 page essay using Letter from Birmingham
Jail, Letter from the Clergymen, and one other source (3 or more sources) to discuss your viewpoint:
How do we, as a society, define an unjust law, and what kinds of strategies and tactics have proven most
effective in changing such laws? If we are able to abolish legal injustice will it necessarily result in social
justice?
Anthropologist Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Support, refute, or modify this statement based on
specific evidence from the history of the civil rights movement.
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