In the excerpt from “Letter From Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) discusses the injustice that people of color are facing and more specifically, responds to the condemnation MLK is experiencing by 8 white religious leaders. MLK uses rhetoric to develop the central idea that you should fight for what you believe is right and against the unjust ways of society. MLK first develops the idea that fighting against injustice and for what you believe is right through rhetorical devices in paragraph 13. At this point in the letter, MLK is discussing the greater differences between unjust and just laws. He states, “Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes
