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    Modest Proposal Today one of our most growing issues in America is teen pregnancy. Now a day’s media plays a huge role in a regular teenagers life. Television‚ magazines‚ and the Internet have been sending a message that sex is okay. Teenagers think that loosing their virginity before the age of 18 is “cool.” Many teens are put into situations where they feel they must have sex and don’t care about protection. Many teens that have sex without using protection can lead to pregnancy. Being a teenager

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    Journal #10 Letter from Birmingham Jail November 10‚ 2014 • Subject: Answering several criticisms from the clergymen‚ Dr. King himself addressed why he was in Birmingham and why racial segregation needed to be changed now. He explicitly pointed out that civil disobedience was necessary and timely. He implicitly blamed the Christian church members for not standing up for their fellow brothers and justice; he also displayed disappointment at the leadership of the clergy. • Occasion: The United

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    Letter From Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚” after an unjust proposal made by eight white clergymen. Their claims were to be that no Negro “outsider” should be allowed to establish or lead any protest and should leave them to their local neighborhoods. King replied directly to the clergymen‚ but used religious ties to also have his voice heard in the public. In his counter argument‚ King strategically used logical evidence‚ emotional aspects

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    Patton November 25‚ 2013 Soc.9a.m “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. King spent eight days in his cell. During that time he composed his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." The letter was ostensibly conceived in response to a letter that had recently run in a local newspaper‚ which had claimed that the protests were "unwise and untimely"; however‚ King also quite deliberately wrote his letter for a national audience. The letter reveals King’s strength as a rhetorician

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    October 5‚ 2009 Letter From Birmingham Jail Analysis “Letter from Birmingham Jail: April 16‚ 1963” was written by Dr. Martin Luther King in response to published statements denouncing his non-violent protest in Birmingham‚ Alabama. The article‚ composed on scraps of paper‚ in the margins of the newspaper and finally on writing pads (King‚ 1963) by Dr. King as he was incarcerated in Birmingham City Jail for participating in a series of non-violent protests‚ known as the Birmingham Campaign. “Letter

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    Rhetorical Analysis of “A Letter From Birmingham Jail” Amelia Machia Situation On April 3rd‚ 1963‚ various sit-ins and marches began in Birmingham‚ Alabama to protest racism and racial segregation. These protests were led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. On April 10th‚ King and other marchers were unfairly arrested for marching without a permit. While in jail‚ King saw a letter in the local newspaper from eight clergymen that expressed their concerns

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    clergyman to act fast and have the people accept them even if the outside of them is stained by a different color in Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚ Martin Luther King Jr. uses rhetorical devices such as

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    about what happens in Birmingham. 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. … Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.” This passage is an excerpt fromLetter from Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 16‚ 1963. Although this actual letter is addressed to fellow

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    Mumley1 Tayler Mumley Professor Marx WSC 01 6 November 2014 Letter From Birmingham Jail Most people know of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from his famous “ I have a dream” speech‚ but what about his letter from Birmingham jail? In the city of Birmingham‚ many civil rights activists organized sit ins‚ marches‚ and protests against racism. These nonviolent demonstrations were coordinated by Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ which King was the president

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