Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham

In the letter from Birmingham jail, one of Dr. Martin Luther King’s major claim is that the direct action plan needs to take place in Birmingham. In response to the clergymen’s letter, Martin Luther King Jr. in his first 11 paragraphs expresses the importance of the Direct Action Plan while still incarcerated and how he plans to attack the injustices in Birmingham Alabama. The most segregated place in the United States at the time. Before king arrived the African American leader had already negotiated promises that certain racial signs would be taken down. But once he arrived he sadly realized that the promises were not followed through on. Therefore, Dr. King had no choice but to put in motion his direct action plan. He had postponed it often until its’ postponement couldn’t be prevented anymore.
Dr. King is in Birmingham because he is the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Activists in Birmingham asked Dr. King to engage in a nonviolent direct
King presents his evidence very well to back up the importance that the direct action plan was needed; in order to have a negotiations. The use of ethos to grab the attention of the clergymen when he stated, “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.” Pushed the clergymen to sit up a little straighter in their chairs. But he did not stop there as he stated a fact, “There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches than any other city in the nation.” I believe he stated his opinion first in this paragraph so that for a split second the clergymen might second guess themselves but then later be put to sorrow as he commented about the unsolved bombings. He stated this atrophy for the reason that there needs to be a direct action plan. The direct action plan will solve all of these injustices in Birmingham. In his first few paragraphs he is laying the foundation for his final blow; giving them right jabs before he throws a