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Is Martin Luther King Jr Used In Letter From Birmingham Jail

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In Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was this line, “We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.” King was the leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement as well as an activist for humanitarian causes. King wrote this influential letter after hearing that his fellow clergymen thought his actions were, “unwise and untimely” and while sitting in a jail cell. The letter reflects on all the reasons why these men of faith should realize the injustice of racism. In his letter King uses figurative and literal language as well as interesting structure to spark his audience to support civil rights. To make his point, that they need to fight for equality, King uses interesting
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