The Birmingham Bombings: Views of Martin Luther King and Jessie Jackso

The Birmingham Bombings Views of Martin Luther King and Jessie Jackson The bombings and marches in Birmingham Alabama were major concerns for all civilian rights leaders. During the 50s and 60s, civil rights leaders fought against damage in different ways. Some civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Jessie Jackson fought against injustice with a pen. In 1963 Martin Luther King wrote a letter titled, Letter From a Birmingham Jail, and Jessie Jackson wrote, Jets of Water Blast Civil Rights Demonstrators, Birmingham, 1963. Martin Luther King and Jessie Jackson atomic number 18 ii civil rights leaders of different generations, but with similar views concerning the Birmingham bombings. There is a noticeable age difference between Jackson and King, which results in two different perspectives. In Jessie Jacksons article he wrote about past experiences, because his article was written years after the Birmingham events. Jackson was just a college student at the t ime of the Birmingham bombings. He only had himself to worry about, but he chose to make the nation...