- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Alabama
- Title:
- "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
- Creator:
- Bass, S. Jonathan
- Date of Original:
- 2007-11-09
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham
African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham
African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham
Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil disobedience--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham
African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham
Race discrimination--Alabama--Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century
Race relations
Protest literature
Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963
Imprisonment--Alabama--Birmingham
Jails--Alabama--Birmingham
African American political activists--Alabama--Birmingham
Political activists--Alabama--Birmingham
Christians--Alabama--Birmingham--Political activity - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham jail
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Imprisonment - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- articles
interactive resource - Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" written by Martin Luther King, Jr. during eight days he was imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama, in April 1963. King had been arrested along with other civil rights leaders on Good Friday, April 12, for violating a court injunction prohibiting civil rights demonstrations in the city. King's letter was written in response to a public statement made by eight white clergymen questioning the timing and methods of the civil rights demonstrations.
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- http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1389
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