this is fair and that the law against parading without a permit is just. However as King continues to discuss his argument he seems to believe that the law is immoral “when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest.” Here King describes the struggle between his desires to obey the law, while expressing his need to openly protest those laws in which he views as morally unjust.The final moral issue Dr. King confronts is the issue of segregation. He remarks in his essay, “I can urge men to obey the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court, for it is morally right; and I can urge them to disobey segregation ordinances, for they are morally wrong.” Here is a perfect example of King’s struggle with laws and their relevance to morality. On one hand King supports the Supreme Court’s decision to desegregate the schools because it is morally correct. On the other hand he would urge people to disobey segregation ordinances because desegregation in schools is only half the battle. Dr. King argues his position on segregation with the following “segregation is not only politically, economically, and sociologically unsound, it is morally wrong and sinful.” Here King argues that although the Supreme Court ruling was a small step towards desegregation it does not eliminate the entire issue. Therefore he cannot urge his followers to support the immoral laws of segregation.Throughout his essay Dr. King raises the moral issues of what he was facing when he helped organize the direct action march. It was his morality that helped to make Dr Martin Luther King Jr. a great pioneer for his people. He had fought hard to defend the moral laws and even harder to change the immoral ones. ...
