In this period of the civil rights movement, in 1963, in Birmingham, Alabama, the strain of racial segregation imposed on African Americans was reaching the point where African Americans they were treated badly in public. After being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign, King wrote a rhetorical appeal letter in response to "A Call for Unity," written by eight white Alabama clergymen. In order for King to win the hearts of clergy and his audience, he uses logos to explain to clergy by comparing racial injustice to a pimple: King states, “Like a pimple that can never be cured as long as it is covered but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured." (King 4). Dr. Martin Luther King's “Letter From Birmingham Jail” is an emotional look at the authenticity of racial discrimination in 1960s America. King wrote this letter to his fellow clergymen in an effort to address their concerns about the wisdom and timing of the nonviolent actions and unjust demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama that he and other fellow leaders carried out in 1963. King employs all three types of ethos, pathos and logos appeals; yet I find myself particularly moved by the pathos and ethos of his letter. I thought about it so much that I have to admit that I was mostly bewildered by my own emotions. King's letter evoked strong feelings of compassion, indignation, and even pride in his audience. King uses logical statements and established facts to influence a strong opinion towards the clergy and people of Alabama, King uses logical reasoning on several occasions in his letter. For example, when inside