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    Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was a response to "A Call for Unity" by eight white clergymen. His letter was a rebuttal to the clergymen’s unjust proposals. He informs the clergymen of his views and the reasons for his “direct action” on the issue of desegregation. King also attacks the “white moderate” on their actions and expresses his disappointment with their unconstitutional measures. His powerful words‚ "...it is even more unfortunate that the city’s white power structure

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    paper with relevant quotes from the author’s work. I have chosen “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. to write about. This letter was written by King in response to a letter from clergymen of Birmingham‚ Alabama entitled “A Call for Unity”. King writes the letter insisting that the time is now for civil rights. Time is of the essence when dealing with the situation at hand. What Idea is Author Conveying? King continually points out in his letter that direct action is the

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    nonviolent protest. Unfortunately if this person is forbidden from any form of expression then it will explode‚ and become violent‚ and lash out at anybody nearby. Richard Wright‚ in his short story‚ "The Man who was Almost a Man" touches on this‚ what pushes a man to become violent‚ to lash out. Wright crafts a story about

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    with “morals‚” is a hindrance to us and its only purpose is to chain us and bring us down. I believe that he found the thought of having such a powerful institution‚ such as Christianity and morality‚ as outrages and absurd for depriving the people from their true passions and only making the people feel that shame and guilt are the worst sins one can commit. He believed that the people should not allow Christianity or morals‚ or anything in general‚ to make one

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    it still affects us in the present. Tim Wise attended a school where the teachers and students were mostly black‚ and he said he had learned to respect the “black authority figures” from a young age. During college Tim realized he was privileged as a white person: by having the choice to speak out against racism from a distance and not doing anything about locally. The white privilege included having favorable opportunities in jobs‚ housing access‚ and education. Other inequalities between races

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    780SP May 13‚ 2014 The Jail Letter The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963)‚ the author‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ was written in response to a critical "Call For Unity" by a group of clergymen in Birmingham. His comparison would seem to indicate that he shares the same life as them. Martin Luther King’s work devoted to a single objective: the protection of civilization as a form of protest that the Civil Rights Movement could continue. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter he uses the rhetorical

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    In order to decide whether a law is just or unjust‚ we must first delve into the logic of laws established in the past. Since the United States came into existence‚ laws have come and gone‚ sometimes addressing very specific circumstances which no longer apply to the modern rules of our government. In today’s society‚ these outdated laws may seem bizarre‚ but at some point in time they were believed to be important. A numerous amount of these laws have fallen off the books years ago or perhaps were

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    the space below. King’s famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” was written in response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the south. Even though King felt that they were men of “genuine good will‚” he didn’t feel that they were right in their criticism‚ therefore he responded to their statement in a “non-violent” way. King does this in many ways. For example‚ he first started by explaining why he was in Birmingham‚ next he explains in different ways

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    Junior’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚ Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address‚ and Chief Seattle’s 1854 Speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. King had a seismic impact on race relations in the Unites States and was one of the main leaders of the Civil Rights movement. In early 1963‚ King and his followers were demonstrating a nonviolent protest which led to the arrest of Dr. King. During his imprisonment king wrote a letter in the response of a letter written

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    Responding to Letter from Birmingham Jail 1) The decision the clergy members strongly desired for King to rethink was continuing to conduct in non violent protests and promote civil disobedience. This was after King and his disciples had protested in the streets of Birmingham‚ Alabama. Martin Luther King through this letter absolutely justified his peaceful marches and proved there were are no other alternatives other than to protest. I can accept this argument because of his strong examples of

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