One of the basic points in your statement is
that the action that I and my associates
have taken in Birmingham is untimely.
Some have asked: "Why didn't you give the
new city administration time to act?” The
only answer that I can give to this query is
that the new Birmingham administration
must be prodded about as much as the
outgoing one, before it will act. We are
sadly mistaken if we feel that the election of
Albert Boutwell as mayor will bring the
millennium to Birmingham. While Mr.
Boutwell is a much more gentle person
than Mr. Connor, they are both
What is King's claim in this passage?
O Now is the right time to take action against
racial injustice in Birmingham.
The new mayor will be more open to
negotiations than the previous mayor.
O All city administrators are more or less the
same.
Civil rights activists should have waited for
the election of a new mayor before taking
action.
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