Grammar Assignment Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Three paragraphs from pages 168-169 The topic sentence in the first paragraph‚ "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application"‚ states a clear topic. It shows that the following paragraph will discuss the fact that while a law can appear to be just on its face‚ in its application‚ it really serves no justice at all. In the second paragraph the writer states that he does not advocate evading or defying
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A preacher‚ an author‚ and a leader in the American civil rights movement of the 1950s‚ Martin Luther King Jr. defends the actions of the African American community in his essay “A Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s purpose is to prove why the negative “extremist” label that is slapped on the protesters does not accurately reflect the actions that are taken to fight for equality. He adopts a hopeful tone in order to connect to the rationality and humanity in his mainly white audience despite their
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churches and killing their kids simply because they hate the color of that person’s skin. It is so sad to see how superficial those people were before‚ during‚ and after Martin Luther King’s impact on segregation. He states in the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that time is valuable‚ complacency is just as bad as hatred‚ and sometimes extremism is a good thing.
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"Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King‚ Jr.]" This letter is very powerful. He makes very good points about our rights. One part that stood out to me was when he spoke on just and unjust laws. He talked a lot about morality and what is really morally right and wrong pertaining to our laws. When he was speaking about unjust laws‚ I tried to imagine living in such a time like that. Seeing amusement parks on TV but not being able to go‚ being abused and taunted at school it all seems so farfetched
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The Effectiveness of Strategic Bombing in World War II United States Air Force Academy April 24th‚ 2013 History 100 – T4B Major Buchy Kevin Mitchell Words: 1‚1911 On the first of September‚ 1939 the beginning of the deadliest war the world has ever seen was initiated. By the fall of 1939‚ Hitler had a nearly seven years as the Chancellor of Germany and was beginning to initiate his plans to bring mainland Europe under Nazi control. This World War was drastically different than the previous
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Cameron Delman English Composition II Professor Moreland 3‚ March 2015 The Productivity of Peace In two shining examples of rhetorical power “A letter to a Birmingham Jail” and “Malcom X’s debate at the Oxford Union” The two great leaders of the civil rights movement outline their platforms and justify their philosophies in regards to how the movement should go about achieving societal change. Although the civil rights movement was brought to national attention by the combined work of MLK and
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It was in Burma‚ a sodden morning of the rains. A sickly light‚ like yellow tinfoil‚ was slanting over the high walls into the jail yard. We were waiting outside the condemned cells‚ a row of sheds fronted with double bars‚ like small animal cages. Each cell measured about ten feet by ten and was quite bare within except for a plank bed and a pot of drinking water. In some of them brown silent men were squatting at the inner bars‚ with their blankets draped round them. These were the condemned
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The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings. Genocide or not? ! The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki occurred on 6-9 August 1945. As stated by Jennifer Rosenberg: ‘‘Unlike many other bombing raids‚ the goal for this raid had not been a military installation but rather an entire city.’’1 The US wanted to scare the Japanese out of the war. The possible targets of the bombings were: Hiroshima‚ Kokura‚ Nagasaki and Niigata. Kyoto was one of the choices as well‚ but it was removed from the list. ‘‘The cities
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Jessica Mitchell September Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki World War II had been going on for over two years and the U.S. was staying in isolationism. But on December 7‚ 1941 Japan launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. After this The United States declared war on Japan. On August 6‚ 1945‚ little boy‚ the first atomic bomb ever used in war was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. This resulted in 70‚000-80‚000 people died immediately and another 70‚000 were injured. Hiroshima
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Ethics In Warfare: British “Area Bombing” During World War II From the Trojan horse to the Atomic Bomb‚ strategies and motivations during warfare have come under close scrutiny from historians and observers alike. The British strategy of “area bombing” during the Second World War is one of such controversies with differing viewpoints. Historians such as Denis Richards‚ author of The Hardest Victory‚ take the stance that “area bombing” was a necessary strategy to help the war effort while other
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