Week 11: quiz 8 PAC (3/13-3/18)

Letter from a Birmingham Jail, I have a Dream, Ten Conservative Principles

When did MLK live from?

1929-1968

Where did MLK lead a successful bus boycott?

Montgomery AL

What group was MLK a president of?

President of Southern Christian Leadership

what year was pivotal for civil rights?

1963

when did MLK write the Letter from a Birmingham Jail?

April, 1963

What are the main context for MLK’s letter?

passionate pursuit of justice

crushing disappointment in fellow Christians

MLK was in jail for his participation in the anti-segregation protests

Letter was a response to 8 Christian leaders who condemn the protests in their letter

what was the letter written by the 8 Christians which MLK responded to?

"A Call to Unity”

MLK’s main points in “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

Injustice anywhere affects justice everywhere

waiting for justice means denying justice

direct action creates the conditions for negotiation

Christian's have a moral obligation to confront justice

what did MLK say in response to the accusation that he was not from that area?

injustice anywhere affects justice everywhere

did MLK think that waiting for justice was justice?

no, justice too long delayed is justice denied

why did MLK pursue direct action?

responding to critics who said they should just negotiate

negotiation has already failed

power concedes nothing voluntarily

non-violent tension forces hidden justice into public view

crisis makes negotiation unavoidable

what does non-violent tension accomplish

forces hidden injustice into public view

what were MLK’s points with civic disobedience?

open (public, with the reason why)

loving (not hateful)

nonviolent

willing to accept the punishment

What did MLK say about just and unjust laws?

In harmony or out of harmony with moral laws

An unjust law is not a law

What Biblical story does MLK reference?

the 3 men in Babylon not obeying laws

when was the civil rights act passed

july 1964

what did the civil rights act establish

prohibited discrimination by private buisnessman

which president signed the civil rights act

President Johnson

what was russell kirk known for writing

the conservative mind

when was the term conservatism used

19th century and on

what profession did russell kirk have

professor

who was older, russell kirk or MLK Jr.

Kirk was older

when was russell kirk born

1918

what did lionel trilling say about liberalism and america

that liberalism is the only tradition in america

after FDR, what political trend began

a swing towards conservatism and limited govt

when was the ten principles of conservatism given

1986

What was the original format of the 10 principles of conservatism

a lecture that kirk gave at the Heritage Foundation

does kirk say that conservatism is an ideology

no

why does kirk say that conservatism is not an ideology

does not have clear prescriptions of how life should be lived or how government should be run

does kirk say that conservatives don’t allow change

no, he argues that conservatives know that change is necessary, but not change for change’s sake

what is the first of kirk’s 10 principles

enduring moral code

what are kirk’s 10 points

enduring moral code

custom, convention, and continuity

prescription

prudence

variety

imperfectability

freedom and private property

voluntary community

prudent restraints upon power and upon human passions

permanence and change must be recognized and reconciled