Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.
Its ugly record of brutality is widely known.
Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts.
There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation
Excellent.
Things to fix (mostly syntax):
- Cool right. -> Cool, right? (as a question)
Expository essays should be FAIR to other points of view.
Things are compared with other things to:
1. give them a deeper meaning
2. explainations
3. To show similarites
I believe the answer is that they separate syllables.
I hope this helps.