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    This was Martin Luther King Jr.’s decision when deciding whether or not to travel to Birmingham to preach his beliefs. In a Letter From Birmingham Jail‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ tries to convince the clergymen that it is necessary to go to Birmingham by appealing to their reason and emotion. Luther initially begins by trying to appeal to their sense of logic by listing multiple reasons why he must go to Birmingham. Luther states that Christ had traveled to the far corners of the Greco Roman world

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    own should let those indivuduals follow there callings no matter how difficult or obserd it may seem. An embodyment of this quote is the piece of literature known as "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. In literary work of his‚ Martin Luther king expresses how important his calling is. For example in his letter he states:Just as the eighth century prophets left their little villages and carried their thus saith the Lord’ far beyond the boundaries of their home towns; and just

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    Mohandas Gandhi ’s‚ "Satyagraha‚" and Martin Luther King Jr. ’s‚ "Letter from Birmingham Jail‚" each argue for non-violent civil disobedience. However‚ each author uses different rhetorical appeals‚ such as ethos‚ to establish their credibility. In paragraph ten of King ’s statement he asks rhetorical questions the Clergymen might have. "You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit-ins‚ marches and so forth? Isn ’t negotiation a better path"(King 2)? Gandhi also does a great job of breaking down

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    The general argument made by King in his letter titled “ Letter from Birmingham Jail” is that in order for Blacks to get their rights they must use non-violent resistance. More specifically‚ King argues that they must demand that they get their rights and he states that with time‚ the non-violent resistance will make situations which will force whites to negotiate. There are two distinct sides to this very complicated issue‚ and while King argues that non-violent resistance is the key to acquiring

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    In April of 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a highly structured letter to eight clergymen who attacked his work in a public statement. Martin Luther King Jr. purposefully directed this letter at the eight leaders of the white Church of the South expressing the urgency of changing segregation laws‚ but ultimately his views and judgments spread to America as a whole. In paragraphs 13 and 14 of Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ we reach the expressive and climactic division of his essay. Throughout the

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    whites. In 1963‚ while Martin Luther King was arrested in the Birmingham jail because he supported a protest in Birmingham‚ eight Alabama clergymen published a statement accusing the non-violence protest for disturbing order‚ showing untimely impatience and inciting violence. Since the clergymen believed desegregation should be achieved through the deliberation of time and with conventional processes‚ Martin Luther King wrote a letter to convince them that blacks should not wait passively to be wholeheartedly

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    Grammar Assignment Martin Luther King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Three paragraphs from pages 168-169 The topic sentence in the first paragraph‚ "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application"‚ states a clear topic. It shows that the following paragraph will discuss the fact that while a law can appear to be just on its face‚ in its application‚ it really serves no justice at all. In the second paragraph the writer states that he does not advocate evading or defying

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    A preacher‚ an author‚ and a leader in the American civil rights movement of the 1950s‚ Martin Luther King Jr. defends the actions of the African American community in his essay “A Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s purpose is to prove why the negative “extremist” label that is slapped on the protesters does not accurately reflect the actions that are taken to fight for equality. He adopts a hopeful tone in order to connect to the rationality and humanity in his mainly white audience despite their

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    however he was showing no fear during these arrests. He would write letters meant for whoever would read it such as the one from Birmingham Alabama Jail and it had purpose to it. The purpose which was the

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    "Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King‚ Jr.]" This letter is very powerful. He makes very good points about our rights. One part that stood out to me was when he spoke on just and unjust laws. He talked a lot about morality and what is really morally right and wrong pertaining to our laws. When he was speaking about unjust laws‚ I tried to imagine living in such a time like that. Seeing amusement parks on TV but not being able to go‚ being abused and taunted at school it all seems so farfetched

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