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    Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther king is a response letter written to the eight clergyman who had criticized King for the method of protest he uses. King was arrested in Birmingham‚ Alabama in April 1963 and wrote the letter in his small cell after reading a newspaper in which the clergyman had themselves published criticize king’s method of protesting since he was not from the state of Alabama. King replies to the clergymen and call them “men of genuine good will”‚ to show his peaceful

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    by listening to that “little voice “within. Reason-The idea that consistent‚ logical thinking should be the primary tool used in making ethical decision 3. Use "Google" to search and fine Dr. Martin Luther King’s "Letter from the Birmingham Jail."

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    man who was full of genuine knowledge about the world and his people. In his letterLetter from Birmingham Jail” he justifies civil disobedience as an answer to social injustice. In hope to convince the clergymen who questioned his movement‚ King Jr. forms many strong arguments using rhetorical devices such as metaphoric relations and allusions. Social injustice and unjust laws was an important component of King’s letter. He argues that breaking an unjust law‚ if executed correctly‚ is a form of

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    is still far from perfect when it comes to resolving racial issues. And even as remarkable black scholars and activists have been trying to reach out to Caucasian communities to make a difference‚ the message has yet to fully be comprehended 150+ years after the abolition of slavery and 50+ years following the

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    Rosa Park’s refusal to give up her seat on the bus and Martin Luther King Jr.’s penning of “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” helped catapult the civil rights movement into action because their peaceful defiances of laws brought national attention to the injustice the government imposed on them without allowing violence to rationalize their punishments. Edward

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    In the Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ King addressed the concerns of the white clergy and gave support to the direct action committed by African Americans. He writes how the white church is often disappointed in the African American’s lack of patience and how they are quick to be willing to break laws. Despite this‚ the clergy never questions whether or not segregation is unjust. During this period in the 1960’s‚ King was disappointed by the way the white clergy

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    look at the example to deal with those unpleasant people. To help us learn how to deal with a hostile 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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    A Modest Proposal and the Letter from Birmingham Jail are both written by two men who were trying to make life better for their people. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jonathan Swift have well educated Christian Clergymen who fell victim to an oppression of their people. Being well educated they were both knew what they were talking when writing to the given audience. Among those similarities‚ there are also differences between the writings and the men themselves. Swift’s purpose of his written was to

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    time there was many racism going on against the Negros. Blacks would suffer from violence and discrimination from the whites. Colored people did not have the same rights as the American whites. For years‚ the discrimination and racism was going on. But a firm believer of freedom‚ Pastor Jr was determined to fight for equal rights for all the Blacks and put a stop to the discrimination. On the Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Martin Luther King‚ Jr‚ He creates an emotion of appeals in logos

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    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 fight for civil liberty. Critics of Dr King’s philosophy on civil disobedience argue that the actions

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