of his community. he first example that illustrates Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s use of this strategy is present in the second paragraph of his letter: "I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference". Thus‚ he reminds his interlocutors of his position of leadership in the religious community. This allows him to stand in the case of equal qualifications with the eight clergymen. Furthermore‚ in the third paragraph‚ he states‚ "Like Paul‚ I must constantly respond
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are illustrated as follows: “…to my Christian and Jewish brothers” followed with references to the Apostle Paul‚ St Thomas Aquinas‚ Socrates‚ the United States Supreme Court and St Augustine; the use of those code words established Dr. King as a religious‚ intellectual and highly educated man. He begins by justifying his presence in Birmingham. He touches on the organizational ties between his Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and the
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eight clergymen who condemned the timing of the civil rights movement on April 16‚ 1963‚ from a jail in Birmingham‚ Alabama. Even though the letter was addressed to the clergymen‚ the message was geared towards a larger audience‚ especially King’s “Christian and Jewish brothers” (King). King believes that without direct action‚ the rights for African Americans could never be achieved. He defends the impatience of people in the civil rights movement‚ upholding that without forceful demonstrations‚ equality
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propositions he supports are that segregation is unjust in God’s eyes‚ and that disobedience to unjust laws is‚ at times‚ required to uphold the virtues and values of Christianity. Martin Luther King‚ who was the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)‚ used the letter to compose one of the most influential arguments for civil disobedience in American history. To counter the claim that the actions taken were “unwise and untimely”‚ King points out that the new administration
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Jr. was along with the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ as the ring leader. The Boycott lasted for a total of 382 years‚ was brought together and maintained its strength through Martin Luther King Jr. and it lead to the birth of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The busses became desegregated in Montgomery yet there was no further success towards desegregation over America. This mass protest was the birth of the Civil Rights Movement. Activists of the civil rights movement challenged
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Martin Luther King’s famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written to respond to a public statement “Call for Unity” by a group of white religious leaders of the South. The logic appeals of King’s article which is supported by fact and examples are less than the ethos and pathos appeals. King did a good job to use his personality as ethos appeal to evoke the readers’ emotion which is pathos appeal. King made use of examples‚ facts‚ and personal experiences as logos appeal to logically support
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and gaining his rights. Secondly‚ King mentioned‚ “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ an organization operating in every southern state‚ with headquarters in Atlanta‚ Georgia.” By mentioning this‚ he has established his credibility to a greater extent. With this‚ he is showing that these protest and other things are happening all over the southern part of the United States and King was strongly apart of it. Lastly‚ through the first ten paragraphs
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He states that in the course of negotiations certain promises were made by the merchants-for example to remove the stores’ humiliating racial sings. On the basis of these promises‚ the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations. As the weeks and the months went on‚ they realized that they were the victims of broken promises‚ because the signs went back up. Due to the fact that their hopes were yet again
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public eye and keep it there.In 1957‚ seeking to build upon the success of the Montgomery boycott movement‚ King and other southern black ministers founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Under the leadership of Martin Luther King from 1957-1968 the SCLC became a highly publicised and popular organisation in the fight for racial justice. It was a southern movement and was based on the black church. The SCLC therefore differed greatly form the NAACP‚ which was northern‚ secular
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