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    Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most influential civil rights activists and paved a path for many African-Americans in his lifetime. In “A Letter from Birmingham City Jail”‚ Minister and Civil Rights activist‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. conveys the unequal treatments of African-Americans and how he and the African-American community are trying to change it. King Jr.’s Purpose is to explain how the African-Americans are working towards racial equality and to explain the racial inequality that

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    Clergymen‚ While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail‚ I came across your recent statement calling our present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom‚ if ever‚ do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas … But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and your criticisms are sincerely set forth‚ I would like to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. I think I should give the reason for my being in Birmingham‚ since you have been influenced by

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    can be difficult to give a definition for the word ‘good’ especially in the context of an individual’s behavior. Through the analysis of three readings entitled “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ “Civil Disobedience” by Thoreau‚ and “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” by King‚ the reader can conclude that the main idea of the nature of good revolves around personal morals and open-mindedness rather than civil law or majority rule in the face of justice. In “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato‚ the nature of

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    The letter from the Birmingham jail still has an inspiring impact on us today. In this letterKing makes several points about issues that we still deal with such as inequality‚ injustice‚ and police brutality specifically targeted towards (or what it seems like) African Americans. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality‚ tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly‚ affects all indirectly.” I remember everything

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    Letter From Birmingham Jail By: Brendan Southern Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)‚ was one of the most influential and memorable of that of the civil rights movement. Being a well-educated black christian he appealed to many people of many demographics throughout America. Aside from this‚ he was highly persuasive‚ and properly motivated to lead the movement that helped form this country into what it is today. In his letter From a Birmingham jail to his fellow clergymen‚ he answers questions to clergymen

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    Stephanie Ford Professor Nelson English 100 October 15‚ 2012 “Letter From Birmingham Jail” Summary Response In "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Martin Luther King strives to justify the need for nonviolent direct action in order to end all forms of segregation and helping the civil rights movement. He wrote there are unjust laws and just laws. He believes segregation laws were unjust because it damages the personality and makes African American lives below the standards given to them by the

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    Letter from a birmingham jail and Thoreau’s essay are alike in similar ways because they both attempt to argue for rights . In the letter from birmingham jail the thing martin luther kind try to do was demonstrate that he was against segregation and racial terror. "Bombingham" was what they started to call this place because afrian americans were starting to stand up for there rights‚ Marin luther king got arrested while he was participating in a peaceful anti-segregation march. He was doing this

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    Luther King. During the 1960’s the thought of desegregation was merely a fairytale‚ and King forever changed the landscape of The United States. Like many black Americans King was tired‚ tired of being discriminated and not being treated as equally as whites. It was through his speeches and letters that King delivered his message greater than anyone could imagine. Ultimately his most poignant piece was comprised during the darkest hour of the Civil Rights Movement‚ “Letter From A Birmingham Jail”. This

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    disobedience acts without the use of physical violence. “The Letters from Birmingham Jail” and “The Negro is Your Brother” by Martin Luther KingJr was an open letter. It ultimately backs up the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. It stated that blacks had the moral duty to break up these Jim Crow laws. Such laws at state and

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    Letter from Birmingham Jail” Rhetorical Analysis Emotion. It is what‚ as the soulful creatures we are‚ holds us together‚ tears us apart‚ sets our very heart on fire with rage‚ or love. Our emotions seep through our bodies like lava‚ slowly cascading and melting into every part of us until it covers us whole with all of its feeling. Day by day we seem to live and make decisions that are based immensely on our emotions of the moment. In Martin Luther King Junior’s‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

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