Summary Of Letter From Birmingham Jail

Martin Luther King Jr. and other African Americans put themselves through harsh cruelty and dangerous situations to receive what they deserved and what African Americans along with everyone else were entitled to. Martin Luther King Jr. uses many meaningful and interesting quotes in his letter from the Birmingham Jail. In his letter, he discusses injustice and the challenges African Americans were facing during the Birmingham Campaign. For an example, King Jr. demonstrates the hard work African Americans face when he says “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” He uses logical appeals when he uses the term oppressor and oppressed. King Jr. uses oppressor as the abuser and oppressed as the ones who are abused. He uses the semicolon to resemble a pause that makes “it must be

King Jr. uses character and ethical appeals to make the clergymen of Birmingham feel at least a little amount of sympathy. He uses words like painful, never, and demanded to explain the devastating times that he as an African American faced. In response to the segregation and injustice African Americans faced, King Jr. led the Birmingham Campaign. This campaign was the start of equal justice across the whole United States. I believe that King’s philosophy of nonviolence was the reason hundreds of people volunteered to be a part of this protest. King had many inspiring quotes and took big risks to acquire his freedom and rights. He put himself in jail where he wrote the Letter from the Birmingham Jail that had a major impact on the result and how we live today. To continue the campaign the Children’s