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…showed last 75 words of 597 total…ignore. He is an intelligent African American who has been jailed unjustly and still holds no grudges. He uses historical facts and religious references as logos and pathos towards the white clergy and uses his pathos of being a black man in an unjust world to appeal to the black society being unfairly treated. Being able to direct at two significantly different audiences and still make a legitimate point makes this a very persuasive letter.