In the solace of a Birmingham jail in April 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned what many consider ... white supremacy and their racism like [Alabama governor] George Wallace or [Birmingham ...

In a 16 April, 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” MLK wrote: “Injustice anywhere ... which he delivered in Montgomery, Alabama, he said: “If it may be said of the slavery era that the ...

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968 ... plan' outside the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama, February 1963. Standing behind Luther King ...

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama ... In response, King wrote a letter from Birmingham City Jail, noting, “I guess it is easy for those who have never felt ...

King believed that “Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.

MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was first published without ... “Why We Can’t Wait,” has been read in the Alabama Senate and is one of the most anthologized writings in American ...

S ixty-two years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's pen touches paper in a Birmingham jail cell, I contemplate the walls that still divide us. Walls constructed in concrete to enclose Alabama ...

We shall overcome the freezing cold and the threat of sleet and snow to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Despite ... letter King wrote while in jail in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black progress. But King did something that eludes many of today’s leaders on the ...

Those who study the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. know what happened next ... achievements was his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” The letter is revered not just for its eloquence ...