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    In the Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ King addressed the concerns of the white clergy and gave support to the direct action committed by African Americans. He writes how the white church is often disappointed in the African American’s lack of patience and how they are quick to be willing to break laws. Despite this‚ the clergy never questions whether or not segregation is unjust. During this period in the 1960’s‚ King was disappointed by the way the white clergy

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    look at the example to deal with those unpleasant people. To help us learn how to deal with a hostile audience we will look at Dr. King’s letter from Birmingham City jail. Dr. King’s message was thorough; Non-violent direct action to deal with such people who disagree with everything you seek for the better of all color people. The first lesson we need to learn from Dr. King is

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    In response‚ Dr. King wrote a powerful letter to the “genuine” clergymen announcing his strong opinions and beliefs toward segregation‚ discrimination‚ and racism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. executed such an overwhelming piece of writing expressing the poor treatment of African Americans‚ the explanations of his actions‚ and his opinions regarding a true and better government. He expressed his desire and faith for the greater good and change in this letter with the use of emotional appeals such as

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    time there was many racism going on against the Negros. Blacks would suffer from violence and discrimination from the whites. Colored people did not have the same rights as the American whites. For years‚ the discrimination and racism was going on. But a firm believer of freedom‚ Pastor Jr was determined to fight for equal rights for all the Blacks and put a stop to the discrimination. On the Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Martin Luther King‚ Jr‚ He creates an emotion of appeals in logos

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    Martin Luther King‚ a prominent leader in the civil rights movement was persecuted by his oppressors but he persevered relentlessly in the fight for equal rights for African Americans mainly because we were fighting for a just cause. The letter from Birmingham Jail is a response by Dr King to statements by eight Alabama Clergymen denouncing the use of street protests by Dr King’s organization in the fight for civil liberty. Critics of Dr King’s philosophy on civil disobedience argue that the actions

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    Essay on Declaration of Independence The 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence‚ what was to become one of the most important and influencial documents in history‚ agreed to "mutually pledge to each other‚ our lives‚ our fortunes‚ and our sacred honor." Apparently these men were quite serious to their cause‚ for they all knew they were committing treason. Fundamentally the Declaration of Independence is at the same time a statement of intent to renounce British rule over the colonies

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    Mariela Quesada Written Assignment Business Law Spring 2012 The Declaration of Independence In the past centuries there have been millions of new emerging countries around the world. They all have attained their independence in different ways. Military rebellion‚ civil strife‚ and acts of heroism‚ to name a few‚ these actions have granted civilizations the right to freedom from oppressing powers. Violent confrontations which led to millions of lives lost in the battle field‚ acts of heroism

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    Evaluation of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” & “Resistance to Civil government” Both passages “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “Resistance to Civil government” have the same general purpose which was the idea of Civil disobedience‚ not agreeing with the law because it violates one’s morality or inner conscience belief. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King explains his reasoning for why he retaliated the law and the idea of protesting without violence. Henry David Theoreau

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    here in Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct-action program if such were deemed necessary.” This piece of evidence is explaining that he was there to take part in something nonviolent. This connects back to what he said in paragraph one because since this is a nonviolent action‚ he wishes for everything to be civil so everything can worked out as planned. This sets the tone as very calm and straight to the point because King means

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    Carol Haddad Professor Foster EN 102 2 March 2014 Rhetorical Essay: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was an African-American pastor‚ activist‚ humanitarian‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was born January 15th‚ 1929 in Atlanta Georgia and was killed April 6th‚ 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. The Letter from Birmingham was written on April 16‚ 1963. King was in Birmingham because he was president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and

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