He deduces the fact that the white moderate does not seem to recognize "that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice," *that the tension in the South is there due to segregation, that the tension will erupt into violence if it is not the source of a transition to equality, and that to ask Negroes to "passively accept"* the indignities of segregation is to deny them their "dignity and worth" as a human being (***)
Dr King's second appeal to logic is more implicit when he exhorts the reader to analyze the quote an elderly black woman who comments, "My feets is tired but my soul is at rest" (***). King acknowledges that although her statement is grammatical incorrect, and her lack of education apparent, she, though uneducated, still senses the magnitude of injustice rough upon Blacks by segregation. .
King understood that to communicate such a controversial position effectively; logic alone would never be enough. To reach even deeper into the psyche of his reader King also attempts to appeal to the emotional side of his reader. Through the rhetorical strategy of using vivid details the describe the plight of himself and other Blacks, King offers the opportunity for us to vicariously experience the heartbreaking emotions in the daily lives of African Americans under the laws of segregation. These poignant images and detailed with striking clarity when King writes, "But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim" (**716). " when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your sex-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children" (**716). .
A further attempt by king to solicit an emotional response to segregation in "Letter From Birmingham Jail" is through his abundant use of metaphoric language".
