WebThe "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother", is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come ...
WebAUGUST 1963. Letter from Birmingham Jail. by Martin Luther King, Jr. From the Birmingham jail, where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in longhand the letter which follows.
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Behind Martin Luther King’s Searing ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’
WebApr 16, 2013 · Behind Martin Luther King’s Searing ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’. King penned of the civil rights movement's seminal texts while in solitary confinement, initially on the margins of a...
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Martin Luther King Jr. writes “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
WebApr 11, 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr. writes “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” On April 16, 1963, days after being jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, for a series of anti-segregation protests, Dr. Martin Luther...
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"Letter from Birmingham Jail" - The Martin Luther King, Jr., …
WebApril 16, 1963. As the events of the Birmingham Campaign intensified on the city’s streets, Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in Birmingham in response to local religious leaders’ criticisms of the campaign: “Never before have I written so long a letter. I’m afraid it is much too long to take your precious time.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Civil Rights, Nonviolence, Birmingham Jail
WebThe letter from the Birmingham jail. In Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, King’s campaign to end segregation at lunch counters and in hiring practices drew nationwide attention when police turned dogs and fire hoses on the demonstrators.
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Letter from Birmingham Jail - Bill of Rights Institute
WebMartin Luther King Jr. wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail while he was imprisoned for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations in Alabama in 1963. The Letter from Birmingham Jail explains why MLK believed people had a responsibility to follow just laws and a duty to break unjust ones.
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Letter From Birmingham Jail | Facing History & Ourselves
WebDec 8, 2020 · Letter From Birmingham Jail. Read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s response to suggestions that his nonviolent demonstrations were unwise and untimely in these excerpts from his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Last Updated: December 8, 2020.
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
WebApril 16, 1963. My dear Fellow Clergymen, While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling our present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom, if ever, do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas.