1. In the first paragraph they are saying that MLK's statement was "unwise and untimely" but then MLK comes back and says "Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.". He is saying that he does not have to respond to every critic that comes his way and he is right.
2.On the bottom paragraph of the second page, it is talking about how the action of MLK and his associates have taken in Birmingham is untimely. He comes back saying that the new Birmingham administration must be prodded about as much as the outgoing one, before it will act. They are talking about the upcoming election for the mayor of Birmingham.
3.In the middle of page 3, they are saying that they express a great deal of anxiety over the black people's willingness to break laws. MLK fires back stating that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. He is basically explaining that the "laws" that his people are breaking are unjust so it should not be held against them.
4.In the first paragraph on the fourth page, they are saying that what they are doing is just and there is nothing the black community can do. He says that he wants people to obey the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court, for it is morally right. He also wants them to disobey segregation ordinances, for they are morally wrong. He wants the African-Americans to be treated equally because it is morally right.
5.In the first paragraph of page six, they are saying that the activity in Birmingham as extreme. MLK says that he is disappointed that the fellow clergymen would see his nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist. He is saying that the clergymen is taking his nonviolent approach to solve an enormous issue as extreme and that is not the case at all.
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