and wrote A letter from Birmingham jail (1963) to counter the argument for oppression. The fact that he has accomplished this arduous task is commendable. His literary skills demonstrate how to effectively achieve what one desires to be the outcome of an argument. A letter from Birmingham jail is not the only example of this situation. Other prime sources that similarly achieve this goal are Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863), Robert Louis Stevenson’s Father Damien, a letter to the…
Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is an excellent example of an effective argument; it was written in response to an editorial addressing the issue of Negro demonstrations and segregation in Alabama at the time.…
It all started with a dream – a dream to end racial discrimination and embrace equality. King’s ability to persuade the public, however, did not lead to victory but to imprisonment. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King addresses how breaking the law should be done in a peaceful and open manner, reflecting his view that this type of law breaking is actually portraying respect for the law, and resulting consequences may make the community more aware of the injustices. In addition,…
Reno Cantle Burlingame AP LA 31 October 17 Letter From Birmingham Jail Distinguished social activist, Martin Luther King Jr., in his letter, Letter from Birmingham Jail, expounds the reasons behind the nonviolent demonstration which took place in Birmingham in 1963, the defining year of the Civil Rights Movement. The main purpose that King pursues in this letter is to inform the eight religious leaders of the South who called the demonstration “unwise” and “untimely” of their wrong judgment…
Danny Milam October 23, 2017 Professor Nair ENGL-103 Letter from Birmingham Jail After being thrown in jail for non-violently protesting, Dr. Martin Luther King felt obligated write letter in response to the critics of his tactics. In Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, he makes a well stated and very thought out attempt to justify his civil disobedience. In doing so King expressed a certain moderate and casual tone. His casual and respectful tone allowed him to better cast out…
Michael King Jr. is also known as Martin Luther King Jr. is the ( Maraniza 1 ) author of “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, who is also one of many Civil Rights movement leaders. Furthermore, King and many other protesters were held in jail for initiating a protest in order to “bring attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered by blacks in one of the most-segregated cities in America-Birmingham, Alabama” ( Maraniza 1). Consequently King was imprisoned for his 13th time, not allowed to…
this person may become a hero for others due to his/her actions.In the text, “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” the author, Martin Luther King Jr., expresses many examples of criterias for a hero that the south will one day recognize. One of the first criterias that king has for a hero is one who fights back nonviolently.For instance, King likes to engage actions nonviolently so that violence won’t spread. “...Birmingham asked us to be on call to engage in a nonviolent direct-action program if such…
In Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, King explores and rejects the different issues presented as a public statement of concern, issued by religious leaders in the South. King talks about his decision of nonviolence in his movement against racial segregation and addresses the problems people were making everyday in respect to the end of segregation. He discusses his personal experience dealing with racial segregation and his reason to promote change. King also discussed…
In the short stories, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. and “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau, both of their circumstances were the same, which was to make unjust laws just. I do believe that both writers were justified in their actions because they both were doing something for the people. I believe that Martin Luther King Jr. had more justification than Thoreau did because if Thoreau had more justification what he was protesting for would have stopped all of…
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made- disobedience and rebellion.” These words spoken from Oscar Wilde explain what has happened over decades. Time and time again, people have gone against the law to do what was right. Not only did it make a small difference, it changed what the future would be like for everyone. So many people have practiced civil disobedience; too many to count. Martin Luther…