While Martin Luther King Jr was in jail in Birmingham, Alabama for illegally protesting for civil rights for African Americans fellow clergyman published a letter critical of King’s actions. Dr. King would refute the claims made against him in his own letter addressed back to the clergyman. In his letter Martin Luther King refutes claims of him being an extremist, being an outsider in Birmingham, and also being untimely with the protests that he led. To begin with, Dr. Martin Luther King was called an extremist by the clergyman. Originally he was offended by this claim, but after some thinking he chose to embrace the title of an extremist. Through a series of rhetorical questions King explained how he is going to be an extremist for good instead of bad. Later on in the paragraph Dr. King would relate himself to many historical extremists. He compared himself to Jesus Christ who fought to spread the gospel around the globe, Abraham Lincoln who fought to abolish slavery in the United States, and also he compared himself to Martin Luther who fought to spread Lutheranism throughout Europe in the early 1500s. He is the one who would go down in history as the next great extremist for fighting for civil rights in the United States and succeeding. Furthermore, King would refute the claims of being an outside in Birmingham Alabama. He says in the letter, because he is a citizen of the United States of America that he has every legal right to be anywhere within the United States. He compared himself to the Apostle Paul. Paul would travel around Europe and preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Paul may not have been wanted in the place that he was in just like Dr. King, but neither Paul nor Martin Luther King had to leave because there were no laws prohibiting them from being there. Also Dr. King was invited to Birmingham to protest for civil rights. He said “Several months ago the affiliate here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage