Connect Dr. King’s ideas from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to one or more current events. 080908hon Photo: http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1146/stills/6iuqwp3g.jpg.

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Connect Dr. King’s ideas from “Letter from Birmingham Jail” to one or more current events. 080908hon Photo: http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper1146/stills/6iuqwp3g.jpg

Tuesday Roots to Grow From “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Rhetorical Analysis “Running for His Life”

Rhetorical Analysis: “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Pick out King’s main idea. How does he support it? What is King’s bias? Give examples from history to support the quote: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed” (176).