With pen or pencil in hand, read your copy of the student analysis of “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Write notes in the margin and on the text itself, and afterward compose a brief journal entry that addresses both the content and the form of the essay. Remember that you are not required to complete this exercise until you return to campus after spring break, but completing it earlier offers you the opportunity to reflect again on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s letter in the last days of Black History Month.
Tomorrow I will publish a follow-up post with notes on the analysis.
Jane Lucas 