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    10 September In April of 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham‚ Alabama. He was charged with parading without a permit. Before being arrested‚ he was there supporting and leading the African-American civil rights movement. King was a man of religion‚ education‚ and also a figure for the civil rights movement in the 1900s. One of the points he expresses in his letter is the difference between a just and unjust law‚ a morally right law compared to a morally wrong law. A just law

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    Martin Luther King‚ Brent Staples‚ and Gloria Naylor all use personal experience in their writing. After thoroughly reading the three articles found in your newspaper‚ the writers’ dependence on their personal experience does indeed solidify their work especially dealing with racial equality. In “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” Dr.King writes about his time in the Birmingham Jail and responds the eight clergymen and defends peaceful protesting. During his time in the Birmingham jail‚ he

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    In Letter from Birmingham JailKing invites Americans everywhere to fight injustice. He declares that all are obligated to work for justice‚ even above the law. Justice should be protected by politics in order for all people to enjoy certain basic rights. King stresses the urgency of immediate and ongoing action. His encourages active persistence on the part of everyone who believes in the fight for equality. King addresses the "myth of time" that is used to belittle his efforts. He knows

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    Write #1 1. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thesis in the Letter from a Birmingham Jail is repudiation of the clergymen’s disapproval of his direct action-nonviolent resistance campaign. 2. Martin Luther King Jr supports his thesis by starting out refuting the idea that he is an outside protestor that doesn’t belong in Birmingham. He was serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ an organization operating in the southern states. The associate in Birmingham asked him to be on call

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    the Justice? Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter "Letter from Birmingham Jail" strikes a cord with the audience because of his expert use of pathos throughout the piece. King invokes many different emotions when he uses pathos. He invokes anger‚ sympathy‚ empathy‚ and love to emphasize his thesis that injustice has seized the civil rights movement and therefore‚ he is in Birmingham City Jail. King says‚ "I am in Birmingham because injustice is here." Throughout King’s letter he often compares himself

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    Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is addressed to eight white clergymen who had composed a letter criticizing the protests for equal rights in Birmingham‚ Alabama. King‚ president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Civil Rights activist‚ tries to battle the injustice and inhumane treatment towards the African-American society‚ which the clergymen tend to disregard. King’s efforts were devoted to bringing awareness to the nation about the prevalence of segregation

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    In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” by Martin Luther King Jr. and the “Speech at the March on by Josephine Baker each article passionately argues about the disadvantages of the black community during the 1960s and about equality and the power of education. In order to achieve true freedom one must make changes through peaceful protest. To begin with in order to achieve true freedom society must make changes through peaceful protest. According to “Speech at the March on Washington” Baker reveals

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    Martin Luther King Jr.’s Persuasion in “Letter From Birmingham Jail” After being arrested and imprisoned in Birmingham Jail‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wrote one of his most famous works to the people of Birmingham‚ titled “Letter From Birmingham Jail on April 16‚ 1963. This piece speaks of the evils of the segregation laws and how the blacks had been treated unfairly in Birmingham‚ in an attempt to get the white people to support the desegregation of Birmingham. He had been imprisoned because of his

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    citizens. Prejudice and racial discrimination are prevalent today in both the same and different ways as when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought against it. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail‚” he uses periodic sentences‚ syntax‚ diction‚ and allusions to write about his beliefs about the immense struggles African Americans experienced to gain their rights‚ how he

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    Martin Luther King writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in response to a letter from eight clergymen who argued against King’s acts of civil disobedience. In this letter‚ the author writes that “Actually time is neutral. It can be used either destructively or constructively” (724). This sentence indicates that time can be used to promote further development or cause more damages. So achieving goal of equality really depends on how people effectively use of time. Martin Luther King illustrates that

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