What was the central message of Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"?

The central message was to defend the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.

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It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and take direct actions rather than waiting for justice to come.

The central message was to defend the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.

Explanation:

they remained in rural areas and worked at jobs such as lumbering or farming.

answer; taking up arms to defend the nation;