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    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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    Luther King Jr vs. Birmingham Jail. On the year of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr was protesting with many others outside the streets of Birmingham‚ Alabama. These men and women were protesting against the treatment of blacks in this specific city. Then police officers came and arrested several people including King. They were not arrested for the sake of it‚ but because a court in the city ordered that King could not be able to hold protest in Birmingham. Martin Luther King was sent to jail for 8 days

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    He effectively makes and develops his argument by announcing King’s death and mentioning all the problems that is plaguing the U.S. He states that Martin Luther King Jr. has passed away‚ and he continues to say that with his death. We should learn to love and to give justice‚ It says on paragraph 3‚"Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort." He continues to develop his argument by mentioning that you can be bitter

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    Write #1 1. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thesis in the Letter from a Birmingham Jail is repudiation of the clergymen’s disapproval of his direct action-nonviolent resistance campaign. 2. Martin Luther King Jr supports his thesis by starting out refuting the idea that he is an outside protestor that doesn’t belong in Birmingham. He was serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ an organization operating in the southern states. The associate in Birmingham asked him to be on call

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    Murray 18 April 2014 ENG121 Rhetorical Analysis A Call for Help Martin Luther King Jr. presents a compelling argument against segregation of the black and white community in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” He informs Birmingham’s eight religious leaders that he does not wish to cause violence but to promote equality among mankind‚ which has been disturbed by segregation laws and practices in Birmingham. King’s counter arguments signify the flawed claims made by the clergymen‚ forcing them

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    Analysis: Martin Luther King Jr. Birmingham Jail Letter Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from Birmingham Jail was written on April 16‚ 1963 while he was incarcerated in the Birmingham City Jail. This letter addresses the criticism that a group of white men had thrown at him and his pro-black American organization about their non-violent actions against racial discrimination and injustice among black Americans in Birmingham. He notes that he doesn’t usually respond to letters of criticism but he thought

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    During the Spring of 1963‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led about a thousand African-Americans through non-violent protests in the business district in Birmingham. Unfortunately‚ he and other top activists were thrown into jail by Birmingham police in retaliation and were treated under harsh conditions‚ as did all African-Americans. On the day of his arrest‚ the Birmingham‚ Alabama newspaper published The Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen called King’s activities “unwise and untimely‚” calling

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    this day‚ majority of Americans regardless of race or color look back at that period with regret. Dr 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

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    Carol Haddad Professor Foster EN 102 2 March 2014 Rhetorical Essay: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther KingJr. 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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    September 2016 Corrupted leadership Martin Luther King Jr. became an influential voice of the African American population due to his non-violent‚ peace driven protests against inequality. In the midst of a peaceful demonstration leaders deemed King a threat‚ placing him behind bars for parading without a permit. King defends himself against four clergymen portraying the peaceful demonstrations a burden to the public. King writes‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail” conveying corrupted leadership in America effecting

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