Essays on Human Rights

January 1928 in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents were Martin Luther King Snr. and Alberta Williams King. He did begin his education at the Yonge Street Elementary School in Atlanta. Later, he undertook an enrolment in the David Howard Elementary School. He then attended Booker Washington High School. He advanced to...

Ethos, pathos, and logos, are vital elements of oratorical, written works, and argumentation. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. greatly employs the use of pathetic appeal to communicate his ideas to the public with the view of persuading them to defend his cause. The use of...

Martin Luther King Junior was the most inspirational orator, preacher and thinker America has ever had. All of his writings have been analyzed to study the potential of rhetoric. His rhetoric in the two writings suit the audience in several ways. The tone of King’s writings inspired numerous activists to...

Introduction “The Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. was mainly written as a response to the Birmingham clergymen who published an open letter vehemently challenging and criticizing the actions of Martin Luther King and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). However, when one further scrutinizes the contents...

In my opinion, social media posts should not be a basis for firing employees In my opinion, I do not think what an employee posts on social media platforms such as Facebook should be a basis for them being fired. Social media platforms are channels through which people vent and let...

While the gap between the wealthy and the impoverished continues to expand in South Africa’s Cape Town, economic injustices manifest through the unequal distribution of natural resources such as water. Introductory Rationale Cape Town, one of the three capitals of South Africa, is a city with numerous inhabitants from different socioeconomic backgrounds....

Attention Seeker: People who commit serious offenses can be put to death penalty by the state as a form of punishment against crime. Thesis Statement Individuals in a state who commit crime search as murder, treason, espionage, genocide, and crime against humanity are put in a death penalty regardless of its impacts...

The Death Penalty and Its Effectiveness The death penalty is also referred to as capital punishment. It the punishment for heinous crimes and criminals that are found guilty are sentenced to death either through the lethal injection or the electric chair (Galvin 5). There have been several debates on whether the...

There have been many cases of prejudice in our society and around the world. Similarly, there are varied causes and consequences of prejudice. There are many people who have been affected by prejudice across the world. Prejudice mainly arises as result of premature judgment and attitude that people have towards...

From the time in memorial, discrimination is a vice that has always existed, manifesting through various forms and contexts. One of the popular variations of discrimination that has stood the test of time is colorism. When tracing its occurrence in history, it is essential to note that colorism was and...

According to Eric Fromm, a rebel is an individual who does not compromise with the prevailing circumstances for the obviously perceived desirable outcome during a contentious escalation; while a revolutionary is one who does not keep quiet in the face of corrupt leadership but chooses to raise a voice of...

How Would you Feel and What Would You Do, if Your Freedom of Religion or Freedom of Speech Were Taken Away? According to the First Amendment to America's constitution, every citizen has a right to speech provided that whatever is said does not infringe on another person's freedom and rights. Besides,...