Abstract
The pedagogical qualities of Martin King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” can be observed through the lens of Paulo Freire as his illustration of thematic universe’s can be used as a framework to contextualize the conscience of King. King encountered obstacles, in his contemporary context, to his self-actualization that once cognitively subjugated were transformative to his being. Three questions are explored: What manifestations led to the writing of the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”? What were King’s transformative actions? Will an answer to the first help make sense of the second? I endeavor to briefly examine the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” through the lens of Paulo Freire.
Recommended Citation
Sails-Dunbar, Tremaine T.
(2017)
"A Case Study Analysis of the “Letter from Birmingham Jail”: Conceptualizing the Conscience of King through the Lens of Paulo Freire,"
Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee: Vol. 8
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Iss.
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, Article 14.
Available at:
https://trace.tennessee.edu/pursuit/vol8/iss1/14