Nonviolent Resistance In Sit-ins, Marches, and Demonstrations

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CRS 334
Assignment 5
Claims and Support
Case Study
Claim:
King supported nonviolent resistance including sit ins, marches, and demonstrations (par.2)
Support:
King pointed out that Birmingham was probably the most thoroughly segregated city and highlighted the need for proactive action address desegregation. (par. 1)
He had the support of various goodwill organizations and affiliates including the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. (par. 2)
Negroes/ blacks were victims of a broken promise and demonstrations were one way to bring awareness about the plight of Negroes. (par. 7)
Analysis
Authoritative Warrant
Relevance-King had broad support even as the Christian ministers did not want to admit this including support from the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
Substantive Warrant
Reiterates that people were silent for long and this caused inaction, yet the condemned him for highlighting injustice and inequality were persistent problems in a society where the nastiness of segregation affected many people.
Evaluative Warrant
Quality and nature of doing good- King highlighted that he could not remain silent when there was injustice and believed in doing right thing, which is fight against segregation.
Nonviolent action was viable approach that would help to bring justice and end segregation without involving violent confrontations.
Claim:
King claimed that he was fighting injustice to support his actions. (par. 3)
Support:
King invokes the biblical prophets and apostles who were compelled to spread the gospel of freedom and truth. (par.3)
King argued that injustice in the U.S. was like injustice everywhere and he linked the struggle for freedom and equality of blacks to the struggles of other people in the world. (par.4)
He pointed out he was not an outsider or support...