Read the excerpt from “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime—the crime of extremism. Why does King use this allusion?

King alludes to the crucifixion of Jesus and the two men beside him to compare the label of “extremism” with a cause’s moral worth. The allusion suggests that being called an extremist does not make someone wrong; an extremist can stand for a profoundly moral cause. The best answer is “to suggest the moral significance of his cause.”

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