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Letter from Birmingham Jail

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that living in the United States makes a person a rightful member everywhere in the country. Nobody residing there should be treated as a foreigner or intruder in any part of it; belonging comes with residence itself.

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