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Martin Luther King Junior got put in jail for peaceful protesting to get everyone equal rights. While King was in jail he wrote a letter to the church explaining why everyone should be treated equally, no matter their skin color. King uses metaphors and rhetorical questions to influence and inspire his readers, to stop segregation; it is unfair to treat people differently just because of their skin color.

After being arrested and imprisoned in Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote one of his most famous works to the people of Birmingham, titled “Letter From Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963. This piece speaks of the evils of the segregation laws and how the blacks had been treated unfairly in Birmingham, in an attempt to get the white people to support the desegregation of Birmingham. He had been imprisoned because of his participation in a civil disobedience protest, and he is arguing that, even though the white people of Birmingham see the black’s way of protesting as wrong, it is a justified way to fight back against the unjust laws. In “Letter From Birmingham

Martin Luther King, Jr. sat in Birmingham jail not because he committed a crime but because he took part in a non-violent demonstration. King received an invite to a nonviolent demonstration by a local church and was later jailed for his actions (King 1). While in jail, King reflected on the injustice in not only Birmingham, but the world as well. King addressed injustice as a universal wrong which can only be undone by people themselves and not by action forced by the government. He quickly announced that keeping the peace and obeying the law are not the same, the people ahead do not simply relinquish their role because of the selfishness of the human nature. Those who are oppressed will seek to leave injustice behind. Martin Luther

Martin Luther King Jr. was in jail because he took direct action to show all the unjust laws’ that were taking place. He showed civil disobedience by exercising rights that everyone had but, because him and his people were “black” they were treated differently under the same laws. For example, when he said “I have been arrested on a charge for parading without a permit… such ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest” (King, 4). By stating

Martin Luther King Jr. has landed himself in jail. He blocked off a roadway as a sign of protest, and ended up getting arrested for doing what was right. As Dr. King planned this he understood that he was most likely going to jail, but he needed people to see the bigger problem. Dr. King states, “you deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations.” What he means by this is that the people of Birmingham are upset that he was blocking a roadway and that he deserves to go to jail for that. But does not have the same anger towards the reason why they blocked the roadway in the first place. They don’t have the same anger for the injustice, discrimination, and racism that was happening during that time. So that is why Martin Luther King Jr. felt that it was necessary to take a stand and make a protest against all the hatred that was happening in Birmingham. Although Dr. King knew he was going to jail for doing this protest he felt that the message of it we be worth the risk. So he broke an unjust law

Despite the fact that the United States victoriously abolished slavery, and roughly 620,000 lives had vanished out of existence from the Civil War in 1865, lives continued to be lost in the effort to fight for equality. Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. was known in his day as a minister, activist, humanitarian, and most familiarly, a great leader in the American Civil Rights Movement. He became one of the most famous individuals for his contributions toward these progressive social movements that took place throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s. One could argue that one of his greatest contributions was writing “Letter From Birmingham Jail” after being arrested and thrown into the jail of Birmingham, Alabama for

In today’s culture, there are many different movements sweeping the nation to fight for rights or against unjust laws. In Sophocles’ Antigone, Antigone goes against Creon’s law to bury her brother. Polynices and Eteocles, her brothers, were waged in a civil war when both were killed, but Creon classifies Polynices as a traitor, forbidding anyone to bury him. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential activist in the Civil Rights Movement to fight for African American rights. He wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to address the clergymen in Birmingham, Alabama that imprisoned him over his nonviolent protests. Both Antigone and King are similar in their willingness to sacrifice themselves for a greater cause, fight against unjust laws, and stand-up to political powers.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activists and leader in the 50’s and 60's. As the face of the civil rights movement, King was a source of hope for African Americans and a target for many white people. He was arrested many times as a result of his fight for equality, although the most notably in Birmingham, AL.. Here, he wrote a now famous letter known as Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. In his letter, written on April 16, 1963, he uses the rhetorical strategies of rhetorical questions, pathos, and metaphors, as a response to explain and bring to life what is happening.

Luther King never stopped his attack on impartiality, and racial injustice. Sitting in a Birmingham jail, Martin still find a way to voice his

In April 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. was imprisoned for his participation in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. He was placed in jail for eleven days during which he composed the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” which was in response to an open letter that declared his efforts for racial justice as being “unwise and untimely.” In this letter, he defended the tactic of nonviolent resistance to racism. The letter also stressed that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws as well as to take immediate action preferably than to wait endlessly for the courts to bring about justice. King’s understanding of justice is best summed up when he states that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In other words,

A legacy of a lifetime, and the working goal of changing America’s long established view of African-Americans as illiterate slaves. These accomplishments describe civil rights activist and Baptist minister Martin Luther King Jr. When arrested in Birmingham for protesting, he made sure to come across as non-violent. Peace was his goal and he wasn’t going to stray. To establish this idea into his fellow clergymen he wrote an open letter defending the actions of the civil rights movement as a whole. Claiming that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” (insert citation here). These words contain emotion of the failed promise of the constitution; pathos. The first-hand account of a man who has been jailed due to the injustice justice

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many great civil rights activists that have fought for equal rights. Throughout the 1960’s he persevered through many things such as, “On March 7, 1965, a civil rights march, planned from Selma to Alabama's capitol in Montgomery, turned violent as police with nightsticks and tear gas met the demonstrators as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. King was not in the march, however the attack was televised showing horrifying images of marchers being bloodied and severely injured. Seventeen demonstrators were hospitalized leading to the naming the event "Bloody Sunday." Everyone, young or old, gay or straight, women or man, everyone should get equal rights and this man shows why and how we can do it.

While Martin Luther King may have gone to jail a few times, Martin fought for the rights for African Americans.He was in marches and riots, received many awards and gave the famous speech “I have a Dream” at the Washington Memorial.

Wars, death, and interests have always plagued the way individuals/groups conduct themselves in the world. The concept deemed by various civilizations there has always been known of individuals being controlled for others personal gain. Dating back from the 1500s and 1600s relating to the way Kings have showed their true power, the rise of violence was imminent in the world. There would always be that one person/group that felt they needed the most control in their area or even more diabolically around the world. Owners are defined as rulers with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. Dictators can be sometimes referred to as parents who constantly discipline their children (people living in the controlled

All across the South, Martin gave speeches that all people should be treated as equal. He spoke in a rich deep voice that made people pay attention. Repeatedly, Martin Luther King, Jr. paid a heavy price. He received threats and was thrown into jail for giving speeches and leading