A Letter From Birmingham Jail

By: MLK

During Civil Rights movement of the 1960s

Uses Pathos to grab readers attention

Thesis/purpose: end injustice and inequality towards African Americans by nonviolent protesting

Addressed to Clergymen

Ethos: head of Southern Christian Committee, from Atlanta, Minister

Logos: Slavery been around for 300+ years

Pathos: Telling children why they can’t do what the other white kids can