It Has to Do with All the Racists in Charge
- Dr. King starts off by letting the clergymen know he gets a lot of "criticism," shall we say, and that he and his people mostly don't have time to pay attention to the haters. But in this case, he's making an exception.
- He goes on to explain that he's not an outsider, as they claimed. The protestors are based in Atlanta, and they've been called to Birmingham by a local affiliate.
- Not that he needs to justify his presence on such official grounds, he says. Birmingham needs some preaching.
- He talks about the interconnection of all people, how everyone's in this together. And if that wasn't enough, he reminds his readers that they're all Americans.