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The "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 ...
In his lifetime, Martin Luther King Jr. gave more than 2,500 speeches, but one of his most famous works didn’t take place on a stage with thousands of people but in the solitude of imprisonment ...
Why We Can't Wait is a 1964 book by Martin Luther King Jr. about the nonviolent movement against racial segregation in the United States, and specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement , and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution".
A Reading of the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" Birmingham, AL A digital recording of Dr. King reading his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". [63] June 23: The 'Great March on Detroit' speech: Detroit, MI: King's first "I Have A Dream" Speech – Titled, in LP released by Detroit's Gordy records, The Great March to Freedom August 28 "I Have a Dream"
In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen ...
The term "outsider" was a thinly-veiled reference to Martin Luther King Jr., who replied four days later, with his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail." He argued that direct action was necessary to protest unjust laws. [2] The authors of "A Call for Unity" had written "An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense" in January 1963. [3]
He wrote to Martin Luther King Jr., [7] who later wrote for the magazine. The June 1963 issue contained the full publication of King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail", the first version with that title. Liberation: An Independent Monthly published its first issue in April 1956. [8]
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