Letter from birmingham jail by Dr Martin Luther King

p The first aspect and the most powerful of Martin Luther King 's Letter from Birmingham Jail , is the argument that King makes on behalf of his actions and the actions of other African Americans who are seeking their equal treatment under the law . Within the Rogerian Argument , it is essential to include within the body , for the writer to give an objective statement concerning his or her opinion . This is not done in an inflammatory way or a disrespectful way and a good writer can give a strong response which can accurately

describe his closely held opinion without being disrespectful in the process . This was never hard for Martin Luther King . Towards the end of his letter , King talks about the two spheres of African American thought that which are counterproductive . The first being those African Americans who have been so beat down and oppressed for so long , that the have become apathetic towards the cause for freedom . The second however , are the African Americans , Malcolm X , specifically , who seek to express their frustrations in colorful terms and through hatred , violence and separation from the society by calling white people devils and other derogatory terms . The former , but especially the latter has never been a characteristic of either Martin Luther King or the Rogerian Argument Together , both create a classic within American literature : Martin Luther King 's Letter from Birmingham Jail

King 's opinion is not to be ignored nor confused with what it was in reality . King and his role in the demonstrations against the segregationist beliefs in practices in the South , but specifically Birmingham , Alabama caused him to be imprisoned and was where he was writing this most famous letter in the cell at the Birmingham Jail on April 16 , 1963 , only a few months before his famous I Have a Dream Speech . Letter from a Birmingham Jail is a response to eight white clergy who had openly criticized him for his illegal actions towards what King and millions of other African Americans felt , were immoral laws . King responded to these members of the clergy in what has become classic Rogerian in which respects the opposing views , encourages an open dialogue , is non confrontational , yet spirited in his beliefs and grabs hold of the pluralistic truths which exist between these two groups of clergy , although the white clergy might not have been aware of before the writing of this letter

In the beginning of the letter , King starts by directing and defining his opposite viewpoint to the members of the clergy who had been criticizing him . You deplore the demonstrations taking place in Birmingham . It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham , but it is even more unfortunate that the city 's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative ' King , Martin Luther . Letter From a Birmingham Jail . New York : Harper Collins 1994 pg . 3

This white power structure that King references , had to do with the police and the policy makers of Birmingham...