rights are hanging by a thread? so this is what i promised when i was talking to pre anna brianna moments ago? this is from dr. king s famous 1963 open letter when he was being held in a birmingham jail and i quote here, i ve almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the negros great stumbling block in the strive for freedom is not the white sit citizens counsellor zips counselor or the ku klux klanner but the white moderate who is more devoted to order than to justice who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice who constantly says i agree who believes that he can set the timetable for another man s freedom and who constantly