Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’

 

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In April 1963, King was jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, after he defied a state court’s injunction and led a march of black protesters without a permit, urging an Easter boycott of white-owned stores. A statement published in The Birmingham News, written by eight moderate white clergymen, criticized the march and other demonstrations.

Letter From Birmingham Jail