The Letter from Birmingham Jail - Passage #2 Perhaps it is easy for those who have never
felt the stinging darts of segregation to say,
"Wait." But when you have seen vicious mobs
lynch your mothers and fathers at will and
drown your sisters and brothers at whim;
when you have seen hate-filled policemen
curse, kick and even kill your black brothers
and sisters; when you see the vast majority of
your twenty million Negro brothers
smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in
the midst of an affluent society; ... There
comes a time when the cun. of endurance runs
Read the underlined portion of the passage again.
Endurance means "to bear, or put up with
What is the main idea of this text?
People are willing to suffer for a cause they
believe in
King is calling on everyone to help those in
need
African Americans have a right to be tired of
waiting for change
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