Essay+2+Assignment

Essay Assignment # 2 (Draft 1 due on Tues, 10/18/11)
The second essay you will write should include some research. Online and library research will be necessary, and I'd like you to learn MLA formatting for citing outside sources. If you have any questions, email or call me.

You can find MLA guidelines here:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Did the nonviolent direct action, which King describes in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” successfully transform Birmingham, Alabama from a segregated to a just society in 1963?
 * Essay Question:**
 * Questions to consider when writing your essay:**
 * How do we, as a society, define an unjust law, and what kinds of strategies and tactics have proven most effective in changing such laws? If we are able to abolish legal injustice will it necessarily result in social justice?
 * What was the social, political and economic situation in Birmingham, AL before the spring of 1963?
 * What were the goals of Project C and how were these goals to be accomplished?
 * In “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” how does King explain the purpose and effectiveness of nonviolent direct action?
 * As Project C began to unfold in Birmingham in the spring and summer of 1963, how were these events reported to the nation and world?
 * Was it the adults or the children of Birmingham that lead the strategy to fill the jails through civil disobedience?
 * Have the people of Birmingham reached a point of reconciliation after the experiences of injustice, violence and nonviolent direct action?