While Martin Luther King Jr. was in Birmingham’s city jail last April ... Excerpts from the letter, which was addressed to “My Dear Fellow Clergymen”: We have waited for more than 340 ...
The freedom movement was at an early stage in Birmingham, and with King in jail, it suddenly faced a crisis of fundraising and leadership. On the same day, eight prominent White clergymen ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Letterfrom BirminghamJail” is widely regarded as one of the most important texts of the Civil Rights Movement. Ahead of the MLK holiday on Monday, HarperCollins ...
In observation of MLK Day, a new commemorative copy of King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (HarperCollins, $17.95) will be published Jan. 14 in time for the national holiday, and reading it — whether ...
Paddy Hill spent 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of involvement in the Birmingham ... time of the letter, Mr Hill had served 12 years in prison and had been in jail while four ...