This lesson aligns with the 9th – 10th grade reading and writings literacy standards, as well as the 11th grade history content standards. The lesson examines excerpts from both “A Call for Unity,” and “A Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Students will cite evidence from both documents in order to answer the following focus question: How did the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail “address those opposed to the civil rights movement? Students will first analyze quotes from “A Call for Unity” to uncover inferred meetings. Students will then do a close reading of excerpts from “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” using context clues and vocabulary deconstruction to understand the central message from each excerpt. As a pre‐writing exercise, students will identify and analyze quotes from a “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” that respond directly to “A Call for Unity,” and will use this activity to write an analytical paragraph in response to the focus question.