While in jail, Martin Luther King wrote a letter confronting criticism written by the clergyman. The clergyman was telling King not to protest, but King led a protest and was put in jail because he did not have a permit. The clergyman said he was "unwise and untimely." While writing his letter, Martin Luther King used rhetorical devices to develop his argument, that his visit to Birmingham was not unwise and untimely. In the criticism written by clergymen, they said that, Dr. King is an outsider…
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