How does Martin Luther King, Jr. draw upon the arguments of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas–concerning the relationship of human law to justice and to eternal and natural law–and the examples of Socrates, the ancient Hebrews Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and early Christians–to justify resistance to laws that mandate racial segregation? Relatedly, how does he respond to the objection that he advocates disobedience to laws requiring racial segregation but the obedience of states to the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
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