Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." This quote is from Dr. Martin Luther King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' of 1963. At the pinnacle of the Civil War Movement in America, eight white Alabama pastors announced in the local newspaper that Dr. Martin Luther King's protests should end since they condoned "disdain and savagery." The pastors disagree with utilizing peaceful defiance to acquire social liberties for the individuals of color in Birmingham and suggest that if whites and blacks meet up to talk about this issue, there will be a superior result for everybody. They stated that Martin Luther King was only an "outcast" who needed to create mischief in Birmingham. Dr. King …show more content…
Ethos uses in Dr. King's letter in multiple ways. "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. We have some eighty-five affiliated organizations across the South, and one of them is the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights." In the Safi letter's second paragraph, Dr. King introduces himself and his credentials. A couple of lines after, he also explains why he is in Birmingham in the first place, due to the pastors saying he is an "outsider" causing trouble in Birmingham. Dr. King makes the ethos of a profound spiritual figure. He further builds up this ethos by exhibiting his insight into the conditions and conditions of early Christian figures. He writes, "Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid." In the bible, Paul had a vision in the night where a man told him to "Come over to Macedonia and help us" (Acts 16:9-10). Paul immediately got up and went to Macedonia to help God's people. By comparing this situation to that of Paul in the bible, Dr. King implies that he …show more content…
King's letter, they can feel the emotion through his writing, and he can hope they see his reasoning for protesting. "When you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she cannot go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Fun town is closed to colored children." This shows that even children are not spared from the "laws" of segregation, and this appeals even more to any reader when these horrible things are happening to children who did not even ask to be brought into this cruel world. In writing these examples, Dr. King hoped non-minorities would look at the pain of segregation and its emotional experience. Dr. King uses other figurative language in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail," such as metaphors and imagery. "The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a