Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Before there was the dream… There was the letter. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

On April 16, 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr On April 16, 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., imprisoned in an Alabama prison cell, completed work on one of the seminal texts of the American Civil Rights Movement.

Peaceful Protest King and nearly 50 other civil rights activists led a Good Friday demonstration to bring national attention to the brutal, racist treatment suffered by blacks in one of the most segregated cities in America—Birmingham, Alabama. Convinced they had no other options, they ignored a recently passed ordinance that prohibited public gathering without a permit.

King’s Arrest King was thrown into solitary confinement and denied his rightful access to his lawyers or wife. President John F. Kennedy was urged to intervene on his behalf.

“Call for Unity” Clergy Letter In jail, King received a smuggled copy of a Birmingham newspaper containing an open letter by eight local Christian and Jewish religious leaders. The letter criticized King and his demonstrations, calling them “unwise and untimely.”

The Letter Isolated in his cell, King began working on a response. Without notes or research materials, King drafted an impassioned defense of his use of nonviolent, but direct, actions.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” After release, King continued his work in Birmingham During “Child’s Crusade,” America watched, horrified, as police turned fire hoses and dogs on young protestors Ku Klux Klan bombed Baptist church, killing four young African-American girls King’s letter began to appear in newspapers around the country

The Legacy Represents a crucial turning point in the American Civil Rights movement Message continues to resonate around the world 50+ years later Part of many American school curriculums Included in more than 50 published anthologies Translated in to more than 40 languages

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