After reading the two letters, it's easy to see that they take opposite positions, arguing about a problem which has bothered the world for such a long time--the racial problem. The argument over what is fair and free seems never have an answer.
The writers of " A Call for Unity" are eight clergymen who wish to treat some “negroes” as outsiders in order to preserve the status quo. They argued that the demonstrators had disrupted the social order. Like most White people at that time they believed they equal rights would eventually be granted to Blacks.
On the other side, the "Letter from a Brimingham Jail" was written by Martin Luther King, Jr., who led the Black people to fight for their rights. In this long letter, which was written in the jail, he noted that all people live in the same world and they deserve the same rights. Also, he wrote about how the existing laws treated Black people unfairly. King believed that the United States needed to give Black people their entitlements in order to let them live the America Dream. At the end of the letter, he expressed his desire about changing and improving the United States.
As far as I am concerned, the racial problem has been argued for too long time. Society has given us a good answer: we are all equal. There is no reason for anyone to deprive other people of their rights. I believe that although we can't achieve 100% fairness for all, we still can aspire to a country and a world that is a big family. Every person living in this big family would be sisters or brothers instead of masters and maids. However, compared to the past, society has improved much and the United States elected a Black president. If King were alive live today he would see that his dream has come true.
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