Answer :
In the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King stressed what he was known for preaching on a regular basis, that it was necessary to "D. to create tension to force negotiation"
The correct answer is A) to ease tension to promote negotiation.
In his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. described the purpose of nonviolent direct action as to ease tension to promote negotiation.
On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the open letter called "Letter from Birmingham Jail." It was a call for nonviolent resistance as a way to protest against racism and lack of rights for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. considered that people should take any kind of action to fight for their rights instead of standing still, doing nothing, expecting the government could take actions one day. So it is correct to say that in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. described the purpose of nonviolent direct action as to ease tension to promote negotiation.