Birmingham Letter

    The main point of the Birmingham Letter was to appeal to southern whites and fellow Christians. Martian Luther King Jr. used several devices to show his argument that, there is injustice and he is justified in peacefully protesting. He explains he standing in the church and as a person, it is his belief that there should be equality, which many Christian whites also claim to agree with, showing their hypocrisy.  His use of language is also affective. "God given right" sounds powerful and appeals, again, to Christianity. He also includes the phrase "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" this is a strong and deep quote that makes the reader sympathize or at least see the validity to the argument to direct action, after all, aren't we all responsible to object to injustice and act upon it? Because if we don't, then this injustice will become tolerated and unchanged.  Even before this direct action he had tried to negotiate with the public, but was not heard, so he decided upon non-violent action to get attention, and show that there was injustice and it should be corrected not tolerated.