Civil Disobedience In 'LFBJ' By MLK

In “LFBJ” MLK uses logos and allusion to enhance his argument favor of civil disobedience. “One who breaks an unjust law must do it openly, lovingly (not hatefully as the white mothers did in New Orleans when they were seen on television screaming “nigger, nigger, nigger”)(pg.8) and with willingness to accept the penalty. This example of logos that MLK uses shows a real example of how much whites hated the African Americans explaining how white people harassed the African American no madder if they were punished or not. “we can never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was”legal” and everything Hungarian freedom fighters did Hungary was”illegal” It was “illegal” to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler’s Germany”)(Pg.8) This example of Allusion