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    It was in Burma‚ a sodden morning of the rains. A sickly light‚ like yellow tinfoil‚ was slanting over the high walls into the jail yard. We were waiting outside the condemned cells‚ a row of sheds fronted with double bars‚ like small animal cages. Each cell measured about ten feet by ten and was quite bare within except for a plank bed and a pot of drinking water. In some of them brown silent men were squatting at the inner bars‚ with their blankets draped round them. These were the condemned

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    Martin Luther King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” and Civil Rights in America On April 3‚ 1963 a movement began all over the skirts of Birmingham‚ Alabama with the ultimate goal of raising national awareness over the issues of racial segregation in America. This campaign was orchestrated by Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and Southern Christian Leadership Conference of which Martin Luther King Jr. was president of. These demonstrations had the objective of awakening America to an

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    In Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚” he describes the countless acts of terror and discrimination that are imposed on him and his fellow black members of society at the hands of the privileged whites. He writes‚ “when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policeman curse‚ kick‚ and even kill your black brothers and sisters…” (Charters 28-9). Due to all of the atrocities they

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    GOVT 2305 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” In Martin Luther King Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he responds to the “eight white religious leaders of the South” (King‚ par.1). That wrote a statement in a newspaper calling the peaceful and nonviolent civil rights demonstrations extremities. He voiced his disappointment in the statements made by the “white religious man” (King‚ par.1) that praised brutal and violent police men and called for an end to the peaceful demonstrations from the African

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    Letter from a Birmingham Jail Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a civil rights leader‚ was put into jail after being part of the Birmingham campaign in April 1963. He was the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was asked by an Alabama group to come to Birmingham. He and members of his organization joined The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and organized non-violent protests against racial segregation. Because of these nonviolent protests‚ many of his followers were

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    through speeches. It ranges from a presidential speech to a community leader’s speech. The writings of the speech can be reflecting‚ reporting‚ explaining‚ or arguing. The primary goal is usually persuasion. In “Letter From Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. and “A More Perfect Union” by Barack Obama‚ both authors acknowledge that the African American community has suffered even with the abolish of slavery. Dr. King discusses being confined in Birmingham Jail. He was arrested for participating

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    meet their fate. A more modern way of civil disobedience would be the strategy that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used. The steps a person can use to change a law they find unjust are explained in his essay “The Power of Non-Violence” and “The Letter to Birmingham Jail”. Martin Luther King’s theory has four major steps: first finding an injustice exists‚ negotiation‚ self-purification and direct action. Although Antigone’s actions against Creon do not completely conform to Marin Luther

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    The Letter from Birmingham by Martin Luther King Jr‚ Photojournalism by Charles Moore‚ and the “No More Children” peaceful protests worked together to advance the Civil Rights Movement by shining a light on the cruel things done to African Americans‚ including segregation‚ oppression‚ cruelty‚ and complete violence. The pictures taken of these brutal acts and the letter helped spread the knowledge of what was happening and raised anger among people‚ making them want it to be stopped. This shows how

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    21‚ 2013 Letter from Birmingham JailLetter from Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 16‚ 1963. It is a passionate letter that addresses and responds to the issue and criticism that a group of white clergymen had thrown at him and his pro-black American organization. They criticized King about him and his organization’s non-violent demonstrative actions against racial prejudice and injustice among black Americans in Birmingham. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written

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    Martin Luther king Jr.‚ “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Outline 1. Introduction i) Argument about “Justice and injustice” ii) Religious appeals in King’s latter iii) Paragraph fourteen of King’s latter 2. Discussion 3. Conclusion Introduction The pressure of racial segregation was reaching a boiling point in 1963 in Birmingham‚ Alabama. After being arrested for his part in the Birmingham Campaign‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an open letter in response to “A Call

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