Dr King Letter From Birmingham Jail

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Dr. Martin Luther King wrote his letter using several of the appeals, which included Logic, and Ethics. When using Logic you have to persuade or change a mind, by pointing out what make sense in life and what the person is reading. Dr. King address things in this letter that made a person think, and make you say to yourself this makes sense. He used how God sees and loved his people. Then tried to get people that called there self a Christian to treat African American and all people the same as a Christian supposed to. He made people think why would you applauded the police, when they were treating African American people unjust in jail. Dr. King explained the unjust that was happening, and then painted that picture in his writing. At times …show more content…

King letter from Birmingham was written at the perfect time. Things were already bad, and there was a need for a big change. Dr. King address the issues of African American people in the south. I believe during this time he wrote the letter it brought more power to it, just because of the timing of the letter. I do not believe Dr. King would have written the letter differently. If anything he would have pointed out more of the unjust things that were happening. I believe he may have pointed out more names of people as the clergy that were unjust in their opinions. Dr. King may have tried to write more emotion to get the people to feel the pain and understand the things that really needed to reach all races for the …show more content…

King’s message in the letter is meant to address the continue struggles with unjust law, prejudice, and the way his people were being treated. Dr. King was looking for everyone to be treated equally with the same rights as other races. He wanted there to be only one law for everyone, and not an unjust law for his people. It was imagine that Dr. King’s letter was being studied in schools all over the world. It can or it did change the way some people think. The message was about unjust laws and taking a direct action rather than waiting. The people should resist injustice everywhere with non-violent disobedience. Dr. King approach was in a Christianity non-violent way. Dr. King was calling for people to come together in unity. Dr. King did not want people waiting forever to be seeing as equal or waiting for justice in court. Dr. King brought vision to people reading his letter, and how his people were being