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    and ethical cause to his platform of the peaceful protests that he has been promoted and participated in that lead to his arrest and why he is in jail. Martin Luther King establishes early on his credibility as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and that he was in Birmingham due to an invitation as a result of organizational ties as well as a personal reason for being there due to a great injustice that prevails in Birmingham. Mr. King uses the Artistic proofs of Ethos,

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    they both describe very different situations that hold their case and point. King wrote his letter from Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963. Dr. King wrote this letter to his fellow clergymen who defamed the action of Dr. King and the Southern Christian leadership Conference. In King’s response he honestly told his fellow brothers of the church that he was angered by their criticism and explained his actions in Birmingham. Peter Singer wrote “The Singer Solution to World Poverty” on September 5, 1999

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    act in a specific way. One of the reason why this text became the most popular text of our century. First of the speaker Martin Luther King Junior deliver his how he delivered his speech in a majestic way is a preacher of the Southern Southern Christian Leadership Conference, (Martin Luther King, Jr.) BIOGRAPHY, familiar with public speeches “I have a dream”:

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    “I Am Not an Outsider” An outsider is someone who does not belong to a particular group due to one outstanding characteristic: whether it is one’s skin tone, religious identity, socio-economic background, or anything distinguishable. The southern clergymen saw Martin Luther King as an outsider and called his protest, “untimely”. So in response to their defamations King explained his purpose of his ‘untimeliness’ which labeled him an ‘outsider'. First, Dr. King addresses his purpose of being in

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    have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in ever Southern state with headquarters in Atlanta Georgia. We have some 85 affiliate organizations across the South… Several months ago our local affiliate here in Birmingham invited us to be on call to in a nonviolent direct action program if such were deemed necessary,” he is using ethos. He is saying that he is credible for his leadership and his authority. In this letter, he also uses

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    For instance, King explains, “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.” Introducing himself as “president of the Southern Leadership Conference” gives King the credibility to take action before negotiation. After establishing

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    philosophy of nonviolence and civil disobedience. In 1957, Dr. King, along with other civil rights activists, founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Their goal was to organize black churches to conduct nonviolent protests to aid in civil rights reforms. Dr. King believed that nonviolent protests were the most effective way to combat the system of southern segregation. He organized and led marches for blacks’ rights to vote, labor rights, desegregation, and other basic civil rights

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    as "The President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an association working in each southern state, with central command in Atlanta, Georgia. This places King into a place of energy where demonstrates that he has seen enough of the south and the issues inside it to make a solid contention against his restriction. In the "Letter From Birmingham Jail" King states that he's went through the "length and broadness of Alabama, Mississippi, and the various southern states. On sweltering summer

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    How would a writer write so his audience understands and accepts the writers own point of view? Writers use rhetorical tools classified by Aristotle, in the fourth century B.C.E. improve chances of persuasion (Wysocki). The classifications are: ethos, pathos, and logos. Writers manage to craft their arguments by using one or more of these classifications. Furthermore to Foster the understand of the use of these classifications extracted excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr's, Letter From A Birmingham

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    Dr. Martin Luther King wrote a letter from Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963. The letter was written in response to his “fellow clergymen,” stating that Dr. King’s present activities was “unwise and untimely.” The peaceful protest in Birmingham was perceived as being extreme. The letter from Birmingham Jail was a letter of grievance to the white clergy, and their lack of support in the civil rights movement. Dr. King explained in his letter the difference between what is just and what is unjust

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