Read the public statement from Alabama clergy on pp. 513–514 of your textbook.According to the statement, what was the exigence of the text?

The exigence is the event or situation that prompted a text. The Alabama clergy’s statement responded to the civil rights protests taking place in Birmingham, so those protests were the immediate reason for writing it. The needs of the community are broader, while stopping protests and persuading King to leave describe aims rather than the situation that prompted the statement.

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