Martin Luther King Jr Respond To The Letter From Birmingham Jail

First, in the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s purpose is to show his fellow clergymen true imagery of how racism and segregation is affecting the citizens of Birmingham. Dr. King states, “There can be no gainsaying the fact that racial injustice engulfs this

Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. has once said, “The time is always right to do what is right” (“The Reverend”). Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written in 1963 to persuade people that it is their duty to fight against unjust laws. Dr. King had dedicated a lot of thought into his letter and clearly explained his beliefs. He is well-known for his leadership in the African-American Civil Rights Movement since he advocated for human rights and nonviolent protests. Dr. King stood up for what he believed in even though it took a toll on him. He never gave up on his philosophies and convinced other African-Americans to fight against discrimination. Dr. King’s letter appeals to the audience’s emotions of determination, righteousness, and hope to end racial segregation.

In the letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. informs the readers of the reasons how and why he is giving a nonviolent protest to racism. King begins the letter stating how he was invited to Birmingham and how he is trying to fight against the “injustice.” In his letter King continues on to explain that the black men have waited to long for justice and they are still fighting it in the present today through the unjust laws. The white churches were brought up negatively through the letter numerous times especially since the letter was specifically written to the clergy members. Dr. King ends his letter in personal hope that the clergy men will see what is wrong in the overall picture of injustice in Birmingham and

The main thesis of Dr. King’s letter was to acknowledge his presence in Birmingham, and most importantly and as stated, he aimed to refute the comments made by the eight white religious leaders who criticized his protest decision, claiming it as unwise and untimely (King, 1963). Dr. King had a desire to acknowledge the social injustice issues that were occurring in Birmingham, as he believed in solidity and just like his letter states, a ‘whatever affects one directly, affects us all indirectly’ (King, 1963).

Throughout A Letter From Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. reveals many challenges facing the African American community regarding criticism and racism and that the ultimate goal is to bring equality to America. He provides not only his own option, but reasons to support his thoughts. By finding the ethos, pathos, and logos in the letter, it is clear that this is written so that the form, influences the content of the piece. He wrote this in an honest, logical, and peaceful manner, but wanted to get his point across in a non-violent way in hopes to change people’s views on racism.

At the beginning of the letter, (from paragraph 1 to paragraph 3) King successfully reverts his passive position as prisoner to a busy leader minister, who had little time to respond to criticism. In the first paragraph, he kept his polite tone, and made the statement in such a way that he was not forced to answer but willing to reply because he respected those clergymen's good will and sincere. Then, in the following paragraphs, he answers the question:" Why is Martin Luther King is here in Birmingham?" In this section, the words "more basically", "moreover" show a logical organization. He mentions his president position in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, to indicate his responsibility of the situation of Birmingham. Here, he emphasizes the invitation and organization ties to imply that he should be respected as a guest. In the coming paragraph, he compared himself as a minister with those Christian saints in the history to gain trust and more respect. Then he focuses on the duty of a human being and an American citizen, who should show more concern to those injustices no matter where they are. Here, he refutes the clergymen's statement about "outsiders coming in" by saying:" Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial 'outside agitator' idea"(King 404). By the end of the first section of the letter, King has perfectly got the trust and respect he deserved as a man, a minister, a civil rights leader, even a prisoner. We can see

Martin Luther King letter from a Birmingham Jail has been one of the most powerful text that I had ever come cross during my time in school. When I started reading it, I just couldn’t stop and contained my excitement of how much truth and power lies behind every word. It is very sad that this racial issue that happened so long ago is still happening among us. Is not a secret that racial discrimination still exists up to today. What is crazy is that not only people are still being judged by their skin color but by their ethnicity, religion, and socioeconomic class. As an aspiring social worker to be I do hope that one day we can live in a society where there’s no prejudice and everyone is treated equally, but that day seems very far away.

King’s letter he really tries to drive home the point that the African-Americans are the victims in this and they should have their basic rights. He writes “Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber” (King 4). The thought process is very logical, but it is hard for people at times to distinguish between the two. In the situation of an actually robbery, the police would not arrest someone for having their items stolen. They would do their best to find the thief and bring them to justice. The same should apply to segregation. They should be helping to bring justice for the people who have their rights stolen. Instead many see the African-Americans as the robbers. The African-Americans are fighting to their basic civil liberties and to be treated as the rest of the Americans are. The police and other people greet this with violence and throwing them in jail instead of trying to aid them. As a result, Dr. King makes sure that his protests are nonviolent on his part. In his letter he is clear that he believes “it is wrong to use immoral means to attain morals ends” (King 7). He believes that you must always have pure intentions and take the necessary positive steps to reach a positive end

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail is a response to a public statement of caution that was issued by several religious leaders of the South. During the midst of the nonviolent demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham, Dr. King was arrested and felt compelled to respond to their statement as he saw these fellow religious men as sincere and of good nature. In this letter he defends the use of nonviolent resistance to the racism occurring. He states that there is a moral responsibility to break unjust laws when taking direct action, in order to further the cause for justice which does not occur on its own.

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in 1963 while he was in jail. He wrote his letter to eight clergymen, but the letter was published in other places, not just sent to the clergymen. He was arrested for marching without a permit, but he tried to receive a permit and was denied because of the color of his skin. In his letter, he wrote about just and unjust laws. Being arrested for not having a permit was a just law, but being denied a permit was an unjust law. Throughout Martin Luther King Jr’s letter, he stated to the audience that they needed to act now and support civil rights in a nonviolent way. He was explaining to his audience, if nothing is done now then the treatment of the blacks would stay the same in the

In the beginning of this letter my Dr. Martin Luther King, he begins by addressing his fellow religious leaders concern about his activities. Apparently they didn’t agree with his actions, but he writes in his letter that as the conditions in the south have reached an apex of racial intolerance. Specifically in Birmingham, where he is imprisoned for a nonviolent protest.

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote as a response the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to the letter from eight white clergymen that wrote about an unjust proposition. The clergymen wrote about how the protests should stop, and the problem of civil rights should be attempted as a negotiation among the local leader or in the courts, yet they didn't specify when they were going to start. The clergymen were also stating that any black person that was an outsider should not be allowed lead or organize any protests. King's letter supports the strategies of nonviolent resistance to segregation, including explaining how people have a moral responsibility to break any unfair laws.

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” after an unjust proposal made by eight white clergymen. Their claims were to be that no Negro “outsider” should be allowed to establish or lead any protest and should leave them to their local neighborhoods. King replied directly to the clergymen, but used religious ties to also have his voice heard in the public. In his counter argument, King strategically used logical evidence, emotional aspects and good motives to present his perspective to the clergymen.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was imprisoned in Birmingham jail because of his contribution and participation in nonviolent demonstrations opposing the segregation championed by the southern leaders. The essay explores his longhand letter in response to civic statement of alarm and threats from the letter written by white religious leaders.

Martin Luther King Jr. uses the letter to defend his strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism and oppression. He distastes that people have the moral responsibility to break unjust laws in a peaceful manner. The protests galvanized by the deaths of Michael brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and others are trying to accomplish. Many Americans find themselves at a loss to understand the depth of the anger and frustration of the protesters. I believe there was no difference between the African American community and the Caucasian Americans because both of them do not have the right to vote, and there were treated the same in everything. In the movie Selma there was a lot of difficulties, especially dealing with segregation and injustice. Dr.