We have some eighty-five affiliate organization all across the South, one being the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.” He clearly shows the clergymen that he is part of the city because one of his organization is located here. Clarifying his present in the city, oppose to the clergymen’s claim for being “outsiders coming in”, he introduces himself by stating that “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. King initially responds to the criticism with an effectively use of ethos in his opening letter. Throughout the letter, King uses a combination of rhetorical appeals such as, logos, ethos and pathos to support his arguments and persuade his audiences to believe in what he says.ĭr. His main audiences are the clergymen and white moderates who do not agree with the black community movement. He addresses every clergymen’s concerns about his action with a formal tone.
In his letter, it was intentionally written to respond to criticisms of the eight white clergymen on him and his fellow activists’ action, as being “unwise and untimely”. The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was written by Martin Luther King, Jr during the time he was imprisoned in jail, after the demonstration of a peaceful protest against segregation in Birmingham city.
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