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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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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Just and Unjust Laws Dr.Martin Luther King’s Jr "Letter from Birmingham Jail‚(1963)" was his response to the public statement of concern and caution issued by eight religious leaders of the south. This concern addressed the controversial issues of segregation between black and white people living in Birmingham .Dr.King included numerous points with his response. One of the main points he explained was about the difference between just and unjust laws."A just law is a man-made code that squares with
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Rhetorical Analysis of Letter from Birmingham Jail In the spring 1963‚ Martin Luther King was jailed due to his non-violent demonstrations against racial segregation at Birmingham. Eight of Alabama’s top white religious leaders criticized his action as “unwise and untimely‚” and called him an “outsider.” Martin Luther King responded with his own article‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” He explained his reasons in Birmingham‚ and necessities of taking nonviolent direct action in Birmingham. He also persuaded
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protests and marches. With the understanding that a point had to be made publicly‚ King targeted the most segregated city in the South‚ Birmingham‚ Alabama. The Birmingham campaign was nonviolent‚ with the intent to incite. King planned out protest marches and sit-ins‚ in a strategic master plan to break laws he felt unjust‚ in the hope of eliciting a response from higher powers in the government. King’s goal was to create a public spectacle‚ exposing the violence shown to peaceful marches and protests
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unquenchable‚ the tensions in Birmingham starved people for justice and equality‚ the fight for change was inevitable. Martin had many acts of protest against segregation‚ after being sent to jail and belittled‚ he felt compelled to give his explanation and reasoning to the Clergymen that criticized his work. Although Martin’s philosophy was based on nonviolent protest‚ it was necessary to fight for moral injustice even if that meant breaking the law. In the case of Birmingham‚ it was vital for Martin
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be present because the way that someone is comes from their experience. With this‚ peaceful resistance might show the worst cruelty and what kind of
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