It is disturbing to know that fighting for our natural born rights could wind us up in jail. Martin Luther King Jr. experienced this very thing when he nonviolently protested against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written while he was in jail and is a superbly intelligent, logical, and articulate argumentation about his actions and the injustice with which they were precipitated. King uses the theme of law to support his points and emphasize the importance of the letter.