Bayan haka, sai ya amsa tambaya a baya a cikin wannan harshe kamar yadda ya wuce: Passage: Gidan ya yi amfani da hanyoyi daban-daban na rikice-rikice, ciki har da sit-ins, kneel-ins a majami'u na gida, da kuma tafiya zuwa ginin gundumar don nuna alamar farawar motsawa don yin rajistar masu jefa kuri'a. Birnin, duk da haka, ya sami umarnin da ya hana duk irin wannan zanga-zangar. Tabbata cewa umarnin ba shi da bin doka, yakin ya kalubalance shi kuma ya shirya don kamawa da magoya bayansa. Sarki ya zaba ya kasance cikin wadanda aka kama a ranar 12 ga Afrilu, 1963.A lokacin da yake kurkuku, Sarki ya rubuta sanannun "Letter daga Birmingham Jail" a gefen jarida, tun da ba a ba shi izinin rubuta takarda ba yayin da aka tsare shi a cikin kadaici. Magoya baya sun yi kira ga gwamnatin Kennedy, wanda ya shiga tsakani don sakin Sarki. An ba wa Sarki damar kiran matarsa, wanda ke dawowa gida bayan haihuwar ɗansu na huɗu kuma an sake shi a ranar 19 ga Afrilu Tambaya:
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