The Jim Crow laws were created by Southern and white politicians to try to restrain blacks from receiving power in their society. Once the blacks were freed from slavery following the civil war, the fear among these politicians was that blacks and whites would flip roles, so they tried everything in their power to stop that. As a result these laws have lasting effects, some still impact today.
Nobody should be treated differently in society because of their skin. One of these laws even applied in death, a black person could not be BURIED in the same graveyard as a white person. That's ridiculous.
MLK was the voice of the sufferers of the Jim Crow Laws. In his Letter he wants change from the status and wants blacks to have the same opportunity and treatment as white people. This defies the Jim Crow Laws and for good reason. For once, somebody was taking action against irrational fears that were established a century ago.
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