Rhetorical Analysis Of Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail

To this day people are treated unfairly, many people have felt the effects of discrimination. Dr. Martin Luther King was a highly recognized spokesman for the civil rights movement. In his letter he explained his stance on non-violent protests. In Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. King evaluates human rights through moral reasoning, equality, and segregation.
Dr. King vehemently appealed to his colleagues concerning their moral reasoning, and showed how unethically black people were treated. He pleaded with everyone to see how inhumane it was to treat people of color in such a way that they felt like less than human. King tried to reason with his fellow clergymen to understand that “hate-filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters.” (King, 4, para 3). He appealed to the people by explaining how much it pains him to think of an answer when his 5-year-old asks, “Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?” (King, 4,

He explained in his letter, that black people waited more than 340 years to be treated as equals, but they were still oppressed (King, 4, para 3). He explained that people were bombing Negro homes and churches, and these cases went unsolved (King, 2, para 4). This kind of injustice would never happen to a white man.
The term “segregation” was used many times in Dr. King’s letter. He referred to it as the “disease of segregation”, demonstrating how disgusting it truly is (King, 4, para 2). He told of when his daughter wanted to go to a new amusement park, but he had to tell her “Fun-town is closed to colored children” (King, 4, para 5). This story shows how truly heartbreaking segregation is to black children, and their families. No one should feel like less than human, and not get to experience life to its fullest just because of the color of their