Describe the Power of Language in “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

As we have seen in our analysis of the readings we have done over the past weeks, language has the power to do many things, including to affect history, to change hearts and minds, to define or redefine an idea or a person, to name something (with both positive and negative effects), to change how we see something, and to introduce the possibility or remove it. In paper #2, explain the power that language has, using information and examples from at least three of the texts listed below. You can also use a source of your own if you prefer. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King, Jr. (short work from a website)  Introduction to The Language of Oppression by Haig Bosmajian (introduction to the book Language of Oppression–count this as a print book)  “Mindfulness Over Matter” by Ellen Langer (online short video)  “Mindful Learning” by Ellen Langer (article from a scholarly journal)  13th directed by Ava Duvernay (documentary film)  “Greta Thunberg Urges MEPs to ‘panic like the house is on fire’” (online short video) “The New Witch Doctors: How Belief Can Kill” by Helen Pilcher (article in a scholarly journal)