Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail Abd
Just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the
Greco Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town.
Why does King use this allusion?
O to share historical precedent
O to emphasize the morality of his cause
to define the purpose of his travel
O to compare the goals of famous leaders
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