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Inequality needs to end “we have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God given rights”.

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King reminds the reader that the Civil Rights movement hasn't "made a single gain... without... nonviolent pressure" (Par. 12).

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King thought "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (par 4)

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Martin Luther Jr. wrote, ”seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.”

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MLK uses anaphora: “Wait!” (PAR 13) in order to convey to his audience that African-Americans have continuously been postponed from their basic rights as citizens.

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King believed it was his duty to disobay laws that allowed segregation as he had a "moral responsibility to disobay unjust laws" (par 15).
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King is,“cognizant" and does not want to “sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham”.

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Martin Luther King believed “let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi.”

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King expresses the pain of waiting for constitutional and God given rights by using metaphors “smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society.” (Paragraph 14, Line 7)

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Martin Luther King Jr. states that they will then “und
erstand why [we] find it difficult to wait.” (paragraph 14)

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"We had no alternative," according to King," except to prepare for direct action" (par. 8).

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Dr. King approaches America with the word ”wait” to remind the clergymen and also everyone else that he has waited forever to see change

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King uses the anaphora “when you” to emphasize that the clergymen can’t say anything until they’ve walked in the shoes of African Americans that live in the United States.

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Martin Luther King Jr, asks the audience "to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just  been advertised on TV and see tears welling up in her eyes when Funtown is closed to colored people."

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King needed to remind the clergy men “we should never forget everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was legal...”(par 23), to have them realize that if they do not change history will repeat itself