- Collection:
- Robert R. Church Family Papers
- Title:
- Letter from Birmingham City Jail
- Creator:
- Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
- Date of Original:
- 1963-05
- 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 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249
- Medium:
- pamphlets
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Pamphlet published in May 1963 by the American Friends Service Committee, reprinting the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s response to a letter by white ministers objecting to Civil Rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963. Dr. King was imprisoned for eight days for his participation in Birmingham demonstrations. Eight white ministers issued a public statement questioning the timing and method of Civil Rights demonstrations. This copy belonged to Roberta Church.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A8254
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Robert R. Church Family Papers, MS. 71, University of Memphis Libraries Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department
- Rights:
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