Jails

In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King expresses a ‘critical citizenship’ doctrine of political obligation where laws should command and adhere to moral authority. In this letter, Martin Luther King communicates the injustices occurring towards the black community in Birmingham, Alabama as they peacefully demonstrate against police brutality, targeted attacks, and most likely the worst record of segregation in all of the United States (1). The political obligation doctrine of…

The Non-Proclaimed Guilt of the White Christian Moderate 1,342 Words In Martin Luther King Jr’s, “Letter from Birmingham Jail, written in August of 1963, he addresses the “Call for Unity” written by the eight clergymen of Alabama in response to ongoing protests. King was clearly targeted in this letter, which we are able to see by the clergymen's constant regard to peaceful protesting - which King initially began promoting within the city. These rallies were in regards to the racial inequality…

“Letters from Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in jail. It was written in response to eight fellow clergymen, who criticized his non-violent protests in Birmingham, Alabama calling them “unwise and untimely”. In his letter, Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to clarify his actions and have the clergymen understand why he did such things. Martin Luther King Jr. uses rationale, morals, and emotion to persuade his fellow clergymen and the “white moderate” why civil…

Letter from a Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King, Jr. changed the face of equality for the entire nation. His peaceful protests had an effect on the world that violence never could have. His methods were derived from Buddha, as they both believed there was no such thing as a nonviolent fist. It was their belief that there was a way to fight back without having to hurt anyone else. Martin Luther King Jr.’s protests showed not only his love for people of color, but his love for his fellow man. He…

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (King 113). Martin Luther King Jr. seeks to convince his fellow clergymen in “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that using a nonviolent campaign to end the injustice of segregation is politically, economically, sociologically correct, as well as morally right (117). He does this through a series of appeals. Some of his most effective and inspiring appeals are the logical appeals. He uses logic to convince the clergymen on a moral level that while…

Dr. Martin Luther King was a human rights activist, focused on the equal treatment and rights of blacks in American society. Dr. King wrote an open letter titled, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while in jail on April of 1963, when segregation was at its greatest in Birmingham, Alabama. The letter was a reply directed to several white, moderate, clergymen who had written an open letter criticizing his actions during the civil rights movement. The increased violence and social injustice caused an…

When persuading someone or a large group the persuader will use three basic methods: ethos, pathos, logos. In Dr. King’s letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he used all three methods to persuade his fellow clergymen and the white moderate. The three basic foundations of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos are also known as credibility, emotion, and logic; however, only one method stood out from the others and goaded Dr. King’s agenda/objective to his audience. The method ethos for credible…

Hope and anger. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail motivates the people to never stop fighting for equality. Martin Luther King strongly influences the society through his tone, rhetorical appeals, and rhetorical tools. Would you fight for equality? King’s tone progresses through the letter. He starts polite because he wants the audience to think highly of him, but towards the end anger starts to reveal itself. “We will reach the goal of freedom in Birmingham and all over…

While sitting in a Birmingham jail, Martin Luther King Jr wrote to his fellow clergyman. Through this letter, King answered the clergyman's complaints of how the demonstration of nonviolent civil disobedience was unwise and untimely in Birmingham. King defended the actions of the protestors and himself by addressing the concerns of those clergymen. He attempted this task by using scripture, history, and appealing to the intellect of his audience. King disrupted societal norms by nonviolent…

when he employed creative nonviolence and civil disobedience as he and his followers challenged the structures of racial and economic injustice in Albany, Birmingham. SAILS-DUNBAR, T. T. (2017). A Case Study Analysis of the "Letter from Birmingham Jail": Conceptualizing the Conscience of King through the Lens of Paulo Freire. Pursuit: The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee, 8(1), 139-148. As told by Brown, T. M., & Fee, E. (2008). Spinning for India's Independence.…