Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" is a very inspiring piece of American literature. This letter's purpose is to inspire white and black people to realize how unjust many of the segregation laws are. The way King can paint images for people with his words as well as he does is just amazing. When he talks about the little girl whose dreams have been have been covered up by dark clouds almost brought me to tears with its vividness. King is one of the most influential people in American History and it's pretty easy to see why. His works just get people riled up and want to make a stand.