Letter From Birmingham Jail- Storyboard

I came to Birmingham with the hope that the white religious leadership in the community would see the justice of our cause and, with deep moral concern, serve as the channel through which our just grievances could get to the power structure. I had hoped that each of you would understand.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and menare no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair. I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimateand unavoidable impatience.

Ethos: MLK is righting about his values here. He talks about his own views on injustice and discrimination. He's sharing his points and values to convince those against equality, that injustice is wrong.

Pathos: MLK is sharing his emotions with the 8 churches to get them on his side. He talks of his grief and struggle to put his audience in his shoes. He had come to Birmingham with hope that the churches would fight with him, but they instead rejected him. MLK had heard so many ministers say, “Those are social issues with which theGospel has no real concern,” His letter to those same ministers is now in disapointment not hope.

Logos: He is using events, facts, and statistics here to prove his point that Birmingham is segragated unfairly and harshly. He is convincing his oppressors he is right in thinking that police brutality is wrong through logic.

" Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of the country. Its unjust treatment ofNegroes in the courts is a notorious reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts."

I came to Birmingham with the hope that the white religious leadership in the community would see the justice of our cause and, with deep moral concern, serve as the channel through which our just grievances could get to the power structure. I had hoped that each of you would understand.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and menare no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair. I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimateand unavoidable impatience.

Ethos: MLK is righting about his values here. He talks about his own views on injustice and discrimination. He's sharing his points and values to convince those against equality, that injustice is wrong.

Pathos: MLK is sharing his emotions with the 8 churches to get them on his side. He talks of his grief and struggle to put his audience in his shoes. He had come to Birmingham with hope that the churches would fight with him, but they instead rejected him. MLK had heard so many ministers say, “Those are social issues with which theGospel has no real concern,” His letter to those same ministers is now in disapointment not hope.

Logos: He is using events, facts, and statistics here to prove his point that Birmingham is segragated unfairly and harshly. He is convincing his oppressors he is right in thinking that police brutality is wrong through logic.

" Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of the country. Its unjust treatment ofNegroes in the courts is a notorious reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts."

I came to Birmingham with the hope that the white religious leadership in the community would see the justice of our cause and, with deep moral concern, serve as the channel through which our just grievances could get to the power structure. I had hoped that each of you would understand.

There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and menare no longer willing to be plunged into an abyss of injustice where they experience the bleakness of corroding despair. I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimateand unavoidable impatience.

Ethos: MLK is righting about his values here. He talks about his own views on injustice and discrimination. He's sharing his points and values to convince those against equality, that injustice is wrong.

Pathos: MLK is sharing his emotions with the 8 churches to get them on his side. He talks of his grief and struggle to put his audience in his shoes. He had come to Birmingham with hope that the churches would fight with him, but they instead rejected him. MLK had heard so many ministers say, “Those are social issues with which theGospel has no real concern,” His letter to those same ministers is now in disapointment not hope.

Logos: He is using events, facts, and statistics here to prove his point that Birmingham is segragated unfairly and harshly. He is convincing his oppressors he is right in thinking that police brutality is wrong through logic.

" Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of the country. Its unjust treatment ofNegroes in the courts is a notorious reality. There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any city in this nation. These are the hard, brutal, and unbelievable facts."