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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 ...
An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Open letters usually take the form of a letter addressed to an individual but are provided to the public through newspapers and other media, such as a letter to ...
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Letter from Birmingham Jail is an open letter by Martin Luther King Jr. written in 1963 from City Jail, Birmingham, Alabama. Soul on Ice is a memoir and collection of essays by Eldridge Cleaver, written in Folsom State Prison in 1965.
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]
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The letter from the clergy (from the link in the article) does not contain that phrase. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.158.136.64 23:18, 16 January 2012 (UTC) The quote comes from King's letter, not the original pastors' letter, which merely refers to King as an "outsider". I'll edit the article to make this clearer.