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On Good Friday in 1963, the day Dr. King was arrested for protesting, a group of white clergymen wrote an open letter called "A Call to Unity."
It said, essentially, "don't take the bait."
Dr. King responded in his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Here are ways you can take direct action » 🧵
It said, essentially, "don't take the bait."
Dr. King responded in his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Here are ways you can take direct action » 🧵
![I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the [the] great stumbling block in [our] stride toward freedom is ... the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action." ... Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Letter from Birmingham Jail](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ezy6ic6iqopubxnnd3qyv4cs/bafkreicjw6mpnaaxrpl5hct7ecoowmdikvqubfwmeewp3w7bpk6qpvnvf4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
On Good Friday in 1963, the day Dr. King was arrested for protesting, a group of white clergymen wrote an open letter called "A Call to Unity."
It said, essentially, "don't take the bait."
Dr. King responded in his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Here are ways you can take direct action » 🧵
It said, essentially, "don't take the bait."
Dr. King responded in his Letter from Birmingham Jail.
Here are ways you can take direct action » 🧵