Read the excerpt from dr. martin luther king’s “letter from birmingham jail.” in no sense do i advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. king includes this sentence to praise the efforts of local police. clarify the purpose of his protest. distinguish himself from radicals. define the term “segregationist.”

A segregationist is a person who supports segregation in any way. He uses it to distinguish himself from the radicals, more precisely the groups led by Malcolm X who supported segregation and violence because he wanted African-Americans to be separated from the white people insofar that they were better and that white people only bring them down.

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