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    this day, Marthin Luther King still plays a signigicant role in equality between different races. When he was imprisoned in a Birmingham jail for no apparent reason in 1963, eight white Alabama clergymen wrote a letter to African-Americans and urged them to stop protesting in the streets. A few days later King responded by writing “A Letter From a Birmingham Jail” claiming that African-Americans will never receive the rights they deserve if they stop protesting. King wonderfully used the three…

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    Alexius Sparkman Dr. Ernest Williamson III English Composition II 1 February 2017 Letter from Birmingham Jail Analysis Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere: many minorities would feel this to be true. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963 while he was imprisoned for being a participant in a nonviolent protest against segregation. In his letter, Dr. King defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to violence. In this rhetorical…

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    1950s and 1960s Martin Luther King Jr. believed that man is created equal no matter their circumstances in life or race. He enforced the fact that African Americans will obtain equality through non violent protesting in his "Letter From Birmingham Jail". Martin Luther King begins by relating his actions to Christianity, stating methods of protesting , and uses a the five rhetorical cannons in a clever way to better establish his views. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals to ethos by stating he…

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    Adan Diaz Professor English 114 September, 21st 2017 Rhetorical analysis Of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” In the “Letter from a Birmingham” by Martin Luther King, he uses logos to argue nonviolent protest movement is wise and timely. He addresses the biggest issue of the U.S. and Birmingham at the time.the “letter from Birmingham Jail” discusses the injustice targeting the black community in Birmingham. Especially when he said he was initially disappointed for being called an…

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    ’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King was writing a response to a group of clergymen that had written an open letter in the paper about his unlawful protests. He was in jail for protesting in Birmingham without the proper permits. In the open letter, the clergymen, “called for the community to renounce protest tactics that caused unrest in the community, to do so in court and "not in the streets.”(Rothman). King’s response, which he wrote while in jail, was 20 pages long. In his…

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    In “Letter from Birmingham Jail” repetition is used numerous times, the purpose is to make certain words or phrases stand out to the reader. Repetition is the action of repeating something that has already been said or written. King repeats the words “when you” in the following statement, “when you have seen vicious mobs… when you have seen hate filled policemen…when you see the vast majority of you twenty million Negro brothers smothering… when you suddenly find your suddenly find your tongue…

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    Martin Luther King’s “Letter to Birmingham Jail” is incredibly persuasive. It forces the reader to truly think upon Dr. King’s arguments regarding the clergymen 's pleas to discontinue fighting for equality in the area of that time period. He reinforces how these men have underestimated his reasons for being put in jail and explains how seldom he replies to those who can’t see eye to eye to his vision and goals. He explains how these men may be generally good citizens; their criticism is just a…

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    Amjad Badrah History 12 Letter from a Birmingham Jail When the Civil Right revolution reaches its maximum height in 1963, Br. King was leading protests in Birmingham. When the court ordered to stop the demonstrations, Dr. King who supported the law throughout his life, found it essential to break the unjust law for the very first time. As a result, he was arrested and held for not in contact for a day. When incommunicado time passed, he was permitted to contact and received a copy of a…

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    The article, Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr, discusses the nonviolent resistance to racism. He uses ethos and pathos throughout his argument to the clergymen to announce the point of how he believe that him going to Birmingham would benefit the movement. The author goes in detail to talk about the movement of standing up for their rights, going on to address a more general audience of both whites and Africans, to say that he felt as if the racism should not be focused on…

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    other activist practiced unsafe methods and were not at all cautious. The men used logic and law to help get their point acrrost, although they used logical explanations they were misguided. At the time Mr.King was in in jail, as his response letter named "A letter from birmingham jail." He saw these mens letter to be very sincere and well thought out so he responded to them and many others who opposed him. While there were two letters they differed a lot.…

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