MEMORANDOM TO: FROM: DATE: April 12‚ 2015 SUBJECT: A Letter From Prison Stephan Richards‚ former global head of sales at Computer Associates‚ is currently serving time in federal prison. Richards was accused and convicted of facilitating the extension of the fiscal quarter‚ allowing subordinates to obtain contracts after the quarter ended‚ and failing to alert the finance and accounting departments about contracts that may have been backdated. Doctoral student‚ Eugene Soltes‚ has contracted Richards
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03-21-2013 Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in response to his fellow white clergymen who criticized his actions that landed him in jail. He used Biblical examples to show that his nonviolent actions were necessary for African Americans to move forward in this country. This letter was mainly directed to those religious leaders who have the power to do something about segregation but don’t. The purpose is to hopefully get the backup from powerful
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form of 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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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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of years‚ a regrettably large number of people have struggled to gain rights for oppressed minorities. Every so often‚ someone succeeds. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas K. Gandhi were two of these successful individuals. Specifically‚ “Letter from Birmingham City Jail‚” by Dr. King and Bhikhu Parekh’s “Gandhi: A Very Short Introduction” concisely illustrate the philosophies of these prominent civil rights leaders. Many of their principles also draw parallels to Henry David Thoreau’s “On the
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opinions on black civil rights were being brought forth in Birmingham‚ Alabama and other southern states. Some of those strong opinions was from 8 clergymen‚ who spoke out against King and his ideas on desegregation and equality for all. King felt the need to defend his ideas of the men he thought were supportive of the civil rights cause. In King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”‚ he uses rhetorical strategies such as appeals to ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos‚ as well as diction‚ syntax‚ allusions and imagery
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According to the Dictionary Online (2013)‚ “Injustice is the violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.” Martin Luther King Jr. defined an unjust law in the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)‚ “An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality
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I came across the letter discussing the many complaints about the students’ grades and other claims in regards to the AP Language class. As a student in this course‚ there are many assignments that I must complete. However‚ I do also have other assignments that require a heavy amount of time and focus‚ which I am sure you can understand the struggle a student may have when taking two or more AP classes. But‚ since you have taken time out of your busy day to write this letter‚ I feel as if I should
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rights. While King was in jail‚ he wrote a letter to the church explaining why everyone should be treated equally‚ no matter their skin color. King uses metaphors and rhetorical questions to influence and inspire his readers‚ to stop segregation; it is unfair to treat people differently just because of their skin color. Throughout the letter King utilizes metaphors to influence his readers. Go back 55 years to the 1960’s‚ everything was segregated from restaurants‚ to water fountains. African American
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter glances into the actuality of racial segregation in the 1960s. King writes this letter to the clergy men and intends to address the concerns regarding the wisdom and timing of the nonviolent demonstrations in Birmingham‚ Alabama that King and other leaders arranged and carried out in 1963. King employs all three types of appeals‚ pathos‚ ethos and logos in this letter to the clergy man. Dr. King’s letter brings out feelings of empathy‚ indignation‚ and
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