Choose the quotation from King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" that best supports King's purpose in drafting the letter.

a. "I wish you had commended the Negro sit inners and demonstrators of Birmingham for their sublime courage,
their willingness to suffer and their amazing discipline in the midst of great provocation."

b. "It is true that the police have exercised a degree of discipline in handling the demonstrators."

c. "Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of
misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear drenched communities."

d. "Is organized religion too inextricably bound to the status quo to save our nation and the world?"