Martin Luther King, was a great man with a noble purpose, promoting the rights of African Americans in the United States at a time when many were against it and it was a very controversial topic. It was so controversial that MLK was put in prison 29 times, but when he was in Birmingham jail for his nonviolent protests in the city he wrote a letter that we still analyze today for its uses of rhetorical strategies. His "Letter from Birmingham Prison" was a response to Birmingham priests protesting against his "imprudent and premature" action. In his letter, Martin Luther King Jr. uses rhetorical strategies such as tone, diction, and analogies to effectively convey his reasons for being in Birmingham and why he will help anyone in need. To understand what strategies he used and why we must first understand what demographic he is targeting. The audience is mostly white, religious men opposed to what MLK is doing in Birmingham. We know this because in one part of his speech he refers to religion and says that he is "like Paul" and spreads the word of freedom ...