PPT-The Supreme Court Case behind King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail

Howard Kaplan amp Tiffany Middleton American Bar Association Division for Public Education Illinois Council for History Education March 4 2016 wwwambarorgpublicedevents Walker v Birmingham . by Dr. Martin Luther King. One of the best texts for identifying rhetorical principles, strategies, and terms! . “Public Statement by Eight Alabama clergymen” published in the Post Herald. . The clergy make 4 specific accusations:. Shigenori Matsui. University of British Columbia . Faculty of Law. June 14, 2008. ASPAC conference at University of Victoria. 2. Introduction. The Japanese Constitution was enacted on November 3, 1946 and took effect on May 3, 1947.. Marbury v. Madison. Tesneem Galgal . IT 2010. Assignment 11. overview. . The U.S. Supreme Court. The Election of 1800. Marbury v. Madison. The Courts Ruling. Consequences of Marbury v. Madison. . the u.S. Supreme court. American Government. The Court. The . Supreme Court . is the ultimate court of the land. There are 9 judges that make up the Supreme Court. These Justices then hold their positions for life. Justices hold their positions for as long as they do so that they can avoid being entangled in political games, therefore allowing them to focus on the Constitutionality of laws. Continued. American Government. Activism v. Restraint. The Supreme Court has the potential to have a massive effect on public policy . Courts can be considered to be activist or restrained depending on the outcome of the case. English 10AP. November 05, . 2013.  . Objective. : . SWBAT review “Facebook . Friendonomics. ” through discussion. . EU. : Communication determines meaning. How? Why? When?. Agenda. :. DGP. HW Review. October 6, 2015 . TSWBAT analyze text for its use of rhetorical devices. . Warm Up: Trade business letters with a partner and comment on the following. Is the letter in the correct format?. Does the evidence support their opening paragraph?. Birmingham Jail. Martin Luther King Jr.. Martin Luther King Jr.. . Born into a family of baptist ministers. Went to school in Atlanta, GA. planned to study medicine and law. decided to commit himself to ministry. Nonviolent Protests. Nonviolent protest:. a peaceful way of protesting against restrictive racial policies. Greatly inspired by the teachings of Mohandas Gandhi. Many of the leaders in the Civil Rights Movement adopted nonviolence as an alternative to the racial violence they already faced. Shuttlesworth. . “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. Helena . High School. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. “With patient and firm determination we will press on until every valley of despair is exalted to new peaks of hope, until every mountain of pride and irrationality is made low by the levelling process of humility and compassion; until the rough places of injustice are transformed into a smooth plane of equality of opportunity; and until the crooked places of prejudice are transformed by the straightening process of bright-eyed wisdom.”. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. Marissa Krupa. Helena High School. Martin Luther King, Jr. Life. King was born in Atlanta in 1929 and became a third generation pastor.. King began his ministry in 1954 as the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.. "Martin Luther King Jr. was photographed by Alabama cops following his February 1956 arrest during the Montgomery bus boycott. The historic mug shot, taken when King was 27, was discovered in July 2004 by a deputy cleaning out a Montgomery County Sheriff's Department storage room. It is unclear when the notations 'DEAD' and '4-4-68' were written on the picture.". AP English Language and Composition. Open Statement from 8 Alabama Clergymen. What four specific accusations do they make against King?. King is an outsider. He and his followers should negotiate for change rather than demonstrate. The Function of the Supreme Court. Lesson . 1 Selecting Cases at the Supreme Court. The . Court’s . primary. function . is to resolve disputes that arise over the meaning of federal law and the US Constitution. .