Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest.Why does King use this allusion?

King alludes to the First Amendment, which protects freedoms including peaceful assembly. By invoking this foundational American principle, he argues that segregationist ordinances violate citizens’ rights and reminds readers of their responsibility to uphold those rights. This is an appeal to patriotic responsibility, rather than a direct call for action or a comparison between documents.

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