Introduction : The cry for justice -- The prelude. Prisoner: This is blasphemy ; Not enough Negroes are ready to die in Birmingham ; Traitors to their race ; Meet me in Galilee -- The letter. Diplomat ...

In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned what many consider “one of the greatest documents ever written by an American.” King came across an article in the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. penned his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail in 1963. Sign up for our Newsletters In 2023, the 60th anniversary year of this significant document of the Civil Rights movement ...

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, who ...

The Peninsula Solidarity Cohort is sponsoring a Jan. 20 reading of “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day — and acknowledging the presidential inauguration — with the ...

In April 1963, under police detention in Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Luther King read an open letter, published in a local newspaper, from a number of southern white clergymen calling for an end to ...

The prison bench where Martin Luther King Jr. penned one of his best-known letters will be displayed at the Museum of the American Revolution later this year. The metal seat from which the civil ...

Mr. Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” the winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. Great waves of cruelty pound us. Government officials use the law to attack the weak and vulnerable. Out ...