Compare And Contrast Martin Luther King And Civil Disobedience

The art of persuasion, rhetoric, has allowed speakers and writers to influence others with their words, and Benjamin Banneker uses various compositional techniques in an attempt to liberate his people. He challenges Thomas Jefferson’s pro slavery views by criticizing his racist, and hypocritical, views of blatant human persecution. The vile institution of slavery was an issue that Americans during Banneker’s time blindly accepted. By using allusions to American history, Banneker attempted to prove that Jefferson was a hypocrite of his own American beliefs. Banneker makes a plethora of references to Jefferson’s hypocrisy, such as the line “you cannot acknowledge that the present freedom and tranquility which you enjoy you have mercifully received and that it is the peculiar blessing of Heaven”.

The Civil Rights era was a time of great turmoil and injustice for African Americans, however, Martin Luther King brought forth a tremendous amount of change through his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and his “I Have a Dream Speech”. Both documents demanded that the unjust treatment of African Americans had to change, as well heavily urged African Americans to remain peaceful and not resort to violence. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was an excellent example for demanding change since the primary message of King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was calling forth white moderates along with the church to no longer sit on the sidelines and allow the injustices on African Americans to continue any further. The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” focused on discussing the morality of the unjust laws created, and differentiates between man-made law and moral law. This was specifically done to show white moderates that civil disobedience was not entirely a negative thing.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, are two crucial leaders in the civil rights movement. Although, the end goal for both leaders was to put an end to segregation and slavery and to achieve equality, the influential figures share several different and similar approaches to the situation: a radical, pro-violent approach taken by X and a rational, non-violent approach taken by King. The trivial similarities and differences between King 's "Letters from Birmingham Jail" and X 's "The Ballot or the Bullet" range from the style/tone, their thoughts on violent means, and their thoughts on the government. "The Ballot or the Bullet" and "Letters from Birmingham Jail" differ in terms of the style/tone used regardless of the

Banneker Writes to thomas jefferson about the wrongs of slavery. HIs purpose is to argue against slavery. Banneker does this by using an appeal to logic to prove how slavery is illogical, diction to show the cruelty of slavery, and parallelism to show that they are like the white men who wanted their freedom as well. Banneker shows how illogical slavery is to help create an argument against it. He pulls in the Declaration of INdependence, which Thomas Jefferson wrote, it says “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal…” (lines 21-25).

Farmer, astronomer and author Benjamin Banneker in his untitled letter strongly argues against slavery. Banneker's purpose is to argue and persuade against slavery and explain how it's unjustified at a time after the American Revolution and during a time when the House of Burgesses took away African's rights and made them forever bound to slavery brought by the slave codes. He adopts a serene tone in order to calmly and professionally expound on the ideas that he's going to explain to show why slavery is unjustified in his letter to a man of higher authority. Banneker achieves his purpose/tone through the use of diction and figurative language.

In the two writings The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions, by Abraham Lincoln and Letter from a Birmingham Jail, by Martin Luther King Jr.; each author explores the complications of their society when they lived and how they view the laws present. For the two writings, the authors explore the levels of ability the people of America have to change laws that they do not see fit for their democracy. In the First Amendment of the Constitution, the people are given the right to petition their government if they feel their rights are being compromised, while also reserving the right to assemble to show their unhappiness with the law or laws created. Each one of these men does not embody the same ideals, causing a conflict of thoughts on how Americans should be allowed to petition their government. The same could be asked about how the government is required to act when they are being petitioned.

was the lack of negotiation; however Martin Luther King asserts that his attempt at negotiating failed. After meeting with the political officials of Birmingham an agreement was made by the officials to remove signs that promoted segregation. When the promises of the political officials were unfulfilled measures had to be taken to continue the mission of equal treatment. Martin Luther King Jr. also points out to his criticizers that negotiation leads to strain and tension between the two opposing sides. Tension provides a forceful hand to get demands met and to demonstrate standing firm when promises are broken.

King shows Ethos in his letter by writing back to the clergy men who had objections against King’s protest in Birmingham. They basically called him an outsider but by establishing his credibility, King shows that he is in fact an

In many ways, Whitehead’s novel is a symbol of resistance. He encourages individuals to resist the attempts of the unjust, who wish to erase the diverse nation that history has worked so hard to build. Today, freedom in American is often taken for granted. Taking a look at the struggles faced by those enslaved, therefore, forces individuals to pay close attention to and learn from America’s frightful history. In doing so, modern generations have the ability to work towards building a better world, laid alternatively, on the foundation of equality and acceptance of all, regardless of sex, gender, and

or the state for that matter? Depending on who you ask you will get a variety of different answers, there are those who will believe that it is our duty to disobey and bring down these laws, there are others who believe in utilitarianism and that they should be followed or disobeyed depending on what side of the majority they fall in, and some just follow the old Japanese proverb that, “the nail that sticks out shall be hammered down.” and remain quiet. Jim Crow was a set of laws intended to oppress African Americans following the Civil War that were in effect well into the 20th century. During the time there were many different viewpoints on Jim Crow Laws, you had those like Malcolm X who were maybe considered a little more radical compared to the peaceful view of those like Martin Luther King Jr. or Booker T. Washington but they were all for the same cause just in a different way and you also had similar approaches on the other side of the issue by looking at people like the Klan who had a more hands on and violent approach to their opposition of civil rights and those of people like Senator Strom Thurmond and his filibuster on the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, written by Doris Kearns Goodwin, is a book describing in detail the early political career of sixteenth United States President Abraham Lincoln, as well as those of his rival candidates for the Presidential Election of 1860. It provides information regarding each individual 's personal views on controversial issues of the nation at that time, and additionally what various credentials each brought to his presidential campaign. (RUNNING AGAINST) popular and experienced opponents Edward Bates, William Henry Seward, and Salmon Chase, Abraham Lincoln had been considered the "underdog" candidate. However, it was Abraham Lincoln who was ultimately chosen to represent the Republican Party as

The four basic steps in campaign nonviolence by Martin Luther King are negotiation, self-purification, direct action and perception of the facts to determine if injustice is alive. On the Selma movie it is beautiful, the injustice abuse of those times found in African races loss of their human rights family love!! But being a little more accurate this film from my analytical point presents the struggle for civil rights as a political game calculated to the millimeter. No lack of ideological and strategic discussions that enhance the speech of social change Martin Luther King, whose pragmatic dye is manifested not only in scenes discussion with his colleagues and opponents (the talks with President Lyndon Johnson are remarkable for the intelligence

Letter from Birmingham Jail The “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr was a letter that he wrote to answer the statement to fellow clergymen for calling his activities “Unwise and untimely. First, he explained the reason why he was in the Birmingham; it was because he could not ignore the injustice problem there. The injustice anywhere was the reason for him become active in working for civil rights in Birmingham even though he did not claim permanent residence there.

He knows his position in society, but will definitely inform those with power when he feels something is not right. Throughout the letter Banneker was determined to prove to Jefferson how hypocritical the colonists were and how they may not be much better than the tyrants known as the British. Throughout the letter Banneker did exactly that and more. Jefferson if he chose to reply to this letter may reply with tone of respect as Banneker did. The letter may have opened his eyes upon the wrong doing of the colonists.

The division put the foundation of the country in question. For Lincoln, this was an absolutely abhorrent idea. He believed that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence should be held to the highest of standards yet, some individuals were undermining its true message when they argued for the expansion of slavery. Regardless of whose side the country decided to officially take, to Lincoln,