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    Luther King Jr. wrote a letter to his fellow Clergymen in Alabama titled “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This letter was in response to his Civil rights movement that was being carried out in Birmingham Alabama. On 12 April 1963‚ eight Clergymen from Alabama wrote a letter that was published in a Birmingham newspaper calling for the local issues on racial injustice to be handled through the courts‚ as opposed to them being handled through outsiders. In this letter‚ the Clergymen pointed out that the

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    A call for unity: A letter from eight white clergymen The clergymen’s letter suggests that the racial problem in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ needs to be resolved in court peacefully. The exigency of his argument is to try to solve the racial issue with an innovative and constructive approach. The letter was written to the editor of a Birmingham’s newspaper. Based on that‚ the audience of this letter was the newspaper’s readers‚ all the city’s citizens. The fact that the writer of this letter is a

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    A CALL FOR UNITY The people with the strongest claim to Abraham are those who followed him and this Prophet‚ and those who believe. God is the Protector of the believers. (Qur’an‚ 3:68) Therefore‚ all Jews and Christians‚ who believe wholeheartedly in God‚ like Abraham (pbuh) and the believers who followed him‚ must only turn to God and follow this great Prophet’s example of virtue‚ sincerity‚ and insight. The best way to show one’s love‚ obedience‚ and closeness to the Prophets is by emulating

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    PUBLIC STATEMENT BY EIGHT ALABAMA CLERGYMEN April 12‚ 1963 We the undersigned clergymen are among those who‚ in January‚ issued "An Appeal (yüksek mahkemeye yapılan rica. başvuru. temyiz) for Law and Order and Common Sense‚" in dealing with racial problems in Alabama. We expressed understanding that honest convictions (kanaat) in racial matters could properly be pursued (takip etmek) in the courts‚ but urged (ileri surmek) that decisions of those courts should in the meantime be peacefully obeyed

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    "A Call for Unity" by Carpenter et al. makes use of logos and ethos to create a persuasive and convincing argument. By using these persuasive rhetoric appeals‚ Carpenter et al. manage to presents themselves and other non-Negro citizens in a favorable light by suggesting that they have "expressed understanding" (Carpenter et al. 1) and been "responsible citizens" (2). Negro citizens‚ however‚ are presented as opposition determined to undermine the "principles of law and order and common sense" (2)

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was on a mission to give blacks the freedom they deserved and have been waiting for all throughout time. King was the leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement. While incarcerated in Birmingham jail King wrote a letter to eight clergymen (priest or minister of a Christian church) to get them to join his nonviolence movement. King utilizes allusions‚ anaphora‚ and pathos to convey his disappointed yet hopeful tone to explain why a nonviolent movement is necessary and attempt

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    Call Up Letter

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    opportunity with the ‘Regular batch’ utilizing the primary choice. Under exceptional circumstances only‚ you may decide to report on the date of secondary choice for absentees batch‚ in which case you will be required to bring a certificate obtained from the concerned authority as indicated below‚ enumerating the circumstances under which you could not report for the primary choice :- a) For educational/ health constraints |Ser No |Circumstances/ constraints

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    “A Call for Unity‚” is a short editorial written and signed by priests‚ pastors‚ and rabbi’s throughout the Birmingham area urging African Americans to peacefully stand back from protesting and having sit ins and instead; unite with the rest of Birmingham to solve the problem of segregations. The argument calls for police men and whites to be calm and collective and to handle problems the way they have been. Dr. King argues several points and politely tells the priest‚ pastors‚ and rabbi’s who wrote

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    A King vs. His Clergymen

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    Both “A Call For Unity” and “Letter Form Birmingham Jail” seemingly have good intentions. King’s letter is however more sincere and thoroughly addresses all of the issues stated in the letter form the Clergymen. The Clergymen argue very brief and one-sided points while King elaborates on all of his and has an explanation for all of the Clergymen’s accusations. King shows more passion in his letter than the Clergymen and the quality of his words is significantly better. In “A Call For Unity” the clergymen

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    behind the reasons of why african americans were protesting for their civil rights through a letter to the clergymen in Birmingham. King goes on to express his argument by giving an idea on what african americans go through in a society where police brutality and denial of freedom is present in the everyday lives of african americans in Birmingham. He pushes his purpose even further by getting the clergymen to trust his word on what he says is happening to the african american citizens‚ follow his

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