Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech is one that goes down in the history books because of the impact that it made on the culture in that day. During 1963 racism was rampant, even though you could no longer own slaves the fact was that blacks were being treated still as less than human. King came from a perspective that he just wanted equality between races, it did not matter what color you were, religion, where you were from because in God’s eyes we were all created equal. At the time in history…

stand against injustices through the creation of the video KONY 2012. With it’s evocative message, within these 30 minutes they showcased the various testimonies of those affected by the monstrosities of Joseph Kony, leader of the Ugandan based Christian cult know as The Lord’s Resistance Army. Furthermore, it had marked their attempt to stop Kony by December 31, 2012 by spreading awareness about his crimes in hopes to end the terror. With these testimonies, viewers heard the heart wrenching…

Martin Luther King Jr versus Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr was a son of a baptist minister. As a child he was a passionate person about what he believed in. Martin Luther King Jr was a young gentlemen he was sought out to be a strong leader and motivated speaker and he was put in charge to be a protest speaker. Martin Luther King Jr theology was disobedience and resistance. Martin Luther King Jr wanted equality more than anything. Martin Luther King Jr tactics were in nonviolence acts were…

Words can be very manipulative and persuasive, if used right, they can be used to get people to feel different emotions and make people do things. But also, they can be used to make people do things that they might not have ever done without hearing that speaker say what they said to them. Rhetorical and literary devices are included when people are trying to persuade and manipulate people to more effectively change peoples minds. In certain situations, this can lead to really bad endings and…

supremacy leadership and devoted his work to fighting for justice (Letter From a Birmingham Jail). Unfortunately, this did not translate well into the church. Due to his actions, Reverend Shuttlesworth was continuously mistreated by others, including members of his own church. His house was vandalized, and in 1957 he was imprisoned for demanding the desegregation on a bus. Following in 1958, his church was blow to dust by dynamite from an attack from white supremacists. The Southern Christian…

He wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and wrote his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. He was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the biggest visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement. This man is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In both of his writings, he used pathos and logos to appeal to the audience and fit the occasion, so that he can make the people do something about segregation and defend his ideas in an effective way. If he would not have spoken up and…

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential leaders of his time and played a crucial role in the African-American Civil Rights movement. Luther was a charismatic leader who took a firm stand against the oppressive and racist regime of the United States (US), devoting much of his life towards uniting the segregated African-American community of the US. His efforts to consolidate and harmonise the US into one country for all is reflected in many of his writings and speeches spanning his…

Both Cooper’s and King 's works, “In defense of black rage” and letter from birmingham jail” both use the three rhetoric 's: Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, as well as strategies like providing counter-argument that further supports their goals. I will explain how similar they are by exploring ethos and logos while understanding why those methods of argumentation is effective in persuading the reader. Cooper’s “In defense of black rage”, asks questions like: why would an unarmed teen go against an…

In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr. uses a passionate yet hopeful tone to bring awareness of the injustices suffered by African Americans and provoke change for equality to his fellow clergymen. King was an extremist who was arrested during a peaceful protest, so he writes a letter explaining that he wants to change society’s view from tolerating segregation to fighting it. In the beginning of the text, Martin Luther King Jr. uses formal language to portray the unjust…

“Embracing that which makes you different,is what makes you most powerful and strong?”This quote by Darren Criss is good to live by because it is beneficial to people.Another way of phrasing this quote to help better understand it is that people gain strength when embracing what makes them unique.This quote is appealing because what other people may conceive as a weakness is actually what gives you strength.Today,people in society admire stories of triumph and overcoming obstacles.These stories…