Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr's Letter From Birmingham Jail Essay

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    From 1954 to 1968 the Civil Rights Movement took place in the United States. During this time, strategies and social movements occurred with the goal of eliminating racial segregation and discrimination laws. The movement consisted of many civil resistance campaigns. These operations were led by civil rights activists who wanted to help secure rights and equal opportunities for African Americans. One of the most visible and well known of such activists was Martin Luther King Jr. During a civil resistance campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. King was arrested. While in his cell, he composed the famous Letter from Birmingham Jail. The letter was addressed to clergymen who had criticized King and made many claims against him. When Dr. King first arrived in Birmingham, trouble occurred when he and fellow activists were considered outsiders. Consequently, he began by describing his reasons for being in Birmingham because many people at the time believed strongly against “outsiders coming in” (Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.], n.d). He explains that he was invited to participate in a peaceful action program to counteract social injustices and that he had organizational connections in Birmingham. He continues to explain how peaceful actions, such as marches, were organized in order to create “constructive, nonviolent tension” with the goal of causing negotiations in which true civil rights could be obtained (Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.], n.d). After many…

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    Theresa Magana Ms. Nauls-Jones AP English 3 26 November 2015 A Rhetorical Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s. Letter from a Birmingham Jail Respected African American civil rights leader and Baptist minister, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in his letter, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, addresses the issue of social injustice associated with segregation. Dr. King’s purpose is to justify the need of non-violent direct action, the immorality of un-just laws, as well as the increasing bloodshed…

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    Cheryl Carroll Dr. Ford Philosophy 1301 3 November 2014 A Comparative Analysis of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil with King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail This paper will attempt to analyse and compare "Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Nietzsche with Martin Luther King, Jr's "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Nietzsche and King are from two entirely different worlds and yet share interest in the very same cause--the betterment of mankind via the ultimate truth for us all. They come from…

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    How did social justices come to be the way that they are today? Martin Luther King Jr, vowed for the rights of African Americans through the use of a speech and through a letter. Each source of nonviolent protest has an important purpose in ending social injustices. Dr. King wrote The Letter From Birmingham Jail, to defend his strategy of nonviolent protest against racism. He wrote his I Have A Dream Speech to argue that all people are created equal and need to be treated as such. Martin Luther…

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    Martin Luther King Jr., a man of great power and influence felt a hint of responsibility to help the people of Birmingham through their crisis by writing a letter to the clergymen about their actions, to hopefully gain their trust and friendships. When it came to civil rights there were many powerful leaders that informed the world of their beliefs on equality. The famed reverend Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” He did not intend for his…

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