Paper #2 “We have waited for more than 340 years for our Constitutional and God given rights” (King‚ Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ 3). Racial equality; something that black Americans along with white Americans have been fighting to get for far too long. Both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Barack Obama want to see the black community get out from under the many years of discrimination and blatant racism that they have been subject to. In many ways we can see President
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To Whom It May Concern: I am writing to appeal my academic dismissal from Ivy University. I was not surprised‚ but very upset to receive a letter earlier this week informing me of my dismissal. I would like to urge you to reinstate me for next semester. I admit‚ I had a very difficult time last semester‚ and my grades suffered as a result. I don’t mean to make excuses for my poor academic performance‚ but I would like to explain the circumstances. I knew that registering for 18 credit hours
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you some suggestions if you’ll take them. I was an English major in college and I currently work as a copywriter for a company‚ so hopefully I can give you a few tips to make your letter more formal. How about this: Dear Office of Student Financial Aid‚ My name is *your name* and I am writing to ask you to appeal my suspension of federal aid. The fall and summer semesters were a very stressful and overwhelming time in my life because I was not only returning to school after being out of it
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From Behind Bars. On Good Friday in 1963‚ Rev. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. led 53 blacks on a march in downtown Birmingham to protest the cities segregation laws. The Birmingham police arrested all of the demonstrators‚ including King. This caused the clergymen of Birmingham to compose a letter pleading with the black population to end their demonstrations. This letter appeared in The Birmingham Newspaper where the imprisoned Martin Luther King read it (Amistad Digital Resource). In response‚ King
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I am studying to become a Licensed Practical Nurse. I am writing to appeal for my financial aid. I feel a letter was proper because of certain circumstances that occurred during my life that contributed to me withdrawing from Psychology‚ College prep writing‚ college prep arithmetic and failing PRN 0374. I began attending Miami Dade College in the fall of August 2006 right after I graduated from high school. I enrolled in several courses which were Psychology‚ College prep writing and College prep
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Luther King wrote a letter from Birmingham jail that was addressed to the eight leaders of the white Church of the South‚ the “white moderates”. Dr. King’s letter talks about how unfair the white Americans were towards the black community‚ and how true civil rights could never be achieved. Throughout his letter‚ King talks about how unfair the white Americans were towards the black nation‚ he talks about the disrespect‚ unfair and unjust treatment the black community had received from the white Americans
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that I was unaware of when first reading his famous works such as‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ and his famous speech‚ “I Have a Dream”. Both men offered a different side of their views on MLK‚ providing analysis on his rhetorical writing styles as well as his influences in his writings. Transcendentalism can be seen in works of Martin Luther Kings‚ but his influences in his writing reach much further than that ranging from his Christian roots all the way to his findings while reading works of
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail In his letter to the eight clergymen‚ Martin Luther King effectively makes use of logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos throughout his letter. The purpose of the use of all three elements in the letter is evident and that is to help King prove his point of view and convince his readers who in this case are the eight clergymen. The use of logos can be noticed in the beginning of his letter where he gives a response to the clergymen’s claim that the demonstrations were unwise
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2.4 Rhetorical Analysis In April of 1963‚ while incarcerated in Birmingham City jail‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an influential letter defending his anti-segregation protests. King had been arrested while participating in a peaceful anti-segregation march although several local religious groups counted on King for support. Since King’s arrest he had time to think deeply about the situation; therefore‚ he decides to reply back to the Alabama clergymen. Who had criticize Martin Luther King because
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Foundation Studies (CFS) IIUM through UPU application for June 2014/2015 intake. For your information‚ I applied for five different art programs under CFS IIUM and unfortunately‚ all of my application was unaccepted. 2.I am writing this letter of appeal to have my admission application reconsidered so I can hopefully be a new student at this university for this new intake. CFS IIUM was my first choice out of those I applied to‚ specifically because it offers art programmes that I am really interested
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