Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter to 8 white church leaders, written from a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963.

From the Birmingham jail, where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in longhand the letter which follows.

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail while he was imprisoned for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations in Alabama in 1963. The Letter from Birmingham Jail …

In spite of my shattered dreams of the past, I came to Birmingham with the hope that the white religious leadership of this community would see the justice of our cause and with deep moral …

As the events of the Birmingham Campaign intensified on the city’s streets, Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in Birmingham in response to local religious leaders’ …

While detained in the Birmingham city jail for leading a march without a permit, King responded to criticism from eight white local clergymen who had denounced “outside” activism, while …

Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” April 16, 1963. While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise …

‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ is Martin Luther King’s most famous written text, and rivals his most celebrated speech, ‘ I Have a Dream ’, for its political importance and rhetorical power. King …

1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Dr. Martin Luther King Alabama Textual Materials Collection of Summary Transcript

Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," on April 16, 1963, after his arrest for violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.