Rhetorical Analysis Of Birmingham, By Martin Luther King Jr.

King starts his essay with addressing that he never usually answers statements that criticize his work. He goes on to state what role he plays in the south and why he is in Birmingham. He is there because Birmingham is the most segregated city in America and injustice is most prevalent there. He writes that nations such as Asia and Africa are moving forward with gaining political independence, but America was still moving with incredibly slow speed trying to obtain the same goal. There are examples of the horrors that colored people have gone through; parents getting lynched, people getting abused by officers, not being shown respect, and having to explain to their children why the cannot be in the same area as white people. He goes on to talk