Martin Luther King Junior's appeal to the clergymen's decisions was a concise, and effective statement, which conveys the reasons for, and the process in which civil disobedience can be put in action. ... King balances being brutally honest without sounding harsh and demanding in a way which gains attention and demands to be listened to. In King's essay, the most effective tool he uses is rationality. ... King strengthens his argument by presenting opinions in a factual form, and by using statistics and realities of the inequalities surrounding him. ... King also gains ...

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"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so," founding father Thomas Jefferson expressed. "Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessn...

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Led by Martin Luther King, Jr, African-Americans who had been treated as second-class citizens for more than a century, used successfully the strategy of civil disobedience by promoting and ensuring the civil rights of millions. ...

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