The King from Alabama

Dear Mr. President, I have tired to obliged to the standards of America. I have tried to honor its history. I have tried to be the best American I know how. But the scourge of injustice cannot stand any longer. The affliction of hatred on my people is fierce and agonizing. I have seen the injustice. I have seen the poverty. I have seen the misery. I cannot take it anymore. This is why I stand in prison today. I am in prison for standing for what's right. I am in prison for my faith. I am in prison for telling the truth. They called justice, putting innocent people into prison, tearing down their faith in American justice, and interrogating them at every chance. They called justice, lying about their means and disturbing their life with pain and struggles. They called justice, no power to the majority and best in the hand of the few. I cannot turn around. I cannot back down. I humbly asked for your support. I know you are a man of faith. I know you will keep your promise. You represented America. You represented freedom. You represented hope. You represented all the promises that America has told and now must fulfilled. Free me so I can do the good work and set right this injustice.

Kennedy pulls off his glasses at the Oval Office and hold his hands together. He calls to his aides to get his wife. They discussed matters in the Oval Office and he reasoned with her about the letter. He scratches his head and he tells a preliminary answer to his wife. He says that he wants to free this man called Dr. King. Then Kennedy brings in his aides and he says that he wants to freed Dr.King from Alabama's prison. Some of the aides are frantic and disarrayed. They questioned the meaning and forecast the implications. The aides warned the President that FBI Director Hoover might wondered why the President is freeing this prisoner. Kennedy calmly said I am the President. I was elected to serve the American people. This man is an humble servant of the people. He speaks to me in a way that I never heard before. Like him, we must seek justice for all or there will be none. It is my administration and not Hoover. If he wants to debate this then I will. I see an injustice and I am willing to fight for freedom. And the aides slowly walked away, worried and concentrating on the aftermath of the President's decision. In Alabama, Dr.King called by the police officers to answer the phone after months of waiting and enduring hardships in prison. He is uncertain and yet determined. He is trusting his faith and not weary. He is hungry for righteousness and willing to fight. He looks at the officer uncertain because they gather not too far from the phone and look eagerly at him. He walks with his head up high at the phone booth. And he tries to remain calm and unwavering. Dr. King this is the Attorney General of the United States, Robert Kennedy. The President heard of your condition. He heard of your people's condition. He is distressed and enraged at what they have done. To be short, he is freeing you from prison. You did not deserve to be locked up. Jail is meant for criminals. It is not a crime to do justice. It is not crime to stand up. It is not crime to be free. And the President would like for to serve in a new position in his administration as soon as you are released. Dr. King said Tell the President I admired him and respect him. And Thank you it would be a great honor to serve the President of the United States.

And so Dr.King eventually was released and back with his family after months of imprisonment. He was invited into the White House, where he shook the President's hand and took a new position in the President's cabinet, Chief of Staff.