Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-000
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630416-000
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 11 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 3/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- 4/14/1963
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Hardin, Paul
- Harmon, Noland B.
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Jesus Christ
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
- Connor, Eugene
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Hitler, Adolf
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Luther, Martin
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Meredith, James
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Alabama. Legislature
- White Citizens Council
- Ku Klux Klan
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Asia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Hungary
- Germany
- Texas
- Caribbean
- South America
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Mississippi
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Albany, Ga.
- Topics
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Birmingham, 1963
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Segregation--law and legislation
- Discrimination in public accommodations
- Direct action
- Nonviolence
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Police - Complaints against
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Code for Location of Original
- WGC-INP
- Location of Original
- William Gregory Collection, In Private Hands
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 8/10/1989 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 01/31/1991
- Date Updated
- 8/29/2017 8:57:22 AM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-019
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630416-019
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- In Vol. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 23 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- Names
- Higginbotham, Joe C.
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Harmon, Nolan
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Jesus Christ
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Meredith, James
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Ku Klux Klan
- White Citizens Council
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Asia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Texas
- Germany
- Hungary
- South America
- Caribbean
- Mississippi
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Birmingham, 1963
- Direct action
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Civil Disobedience
- Church and Race Relations
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Natural law
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with other organizations
- Discrimination in public accommodations
- World Politics
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
- Nonviolence
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Code for Location of Original
- AU
- Location of Original
- University of Alabama (University, AL)
- Copy Location (1)
- ABBP-AB, Albert Burton Boutwell Papers, Birmingham Public and Jefferson County Free Library, Birmingham, Ala.
- Filing Info
- Box 12, folder 43
- Copy Location (2)
- LMHHP-AlBiCRI, Lola Hendricks Collection, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- Filing Info
- Box 8, folder 5
- Copy Location (3)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 7/24/2006 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 11/5/2009
- 11/5/2009 susane
- Date Updated
- 6/26/2019 1:43:22 PM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-020
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Document ID
- 630416-020
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 11 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Hardin, Paul
- Harmon, Noland B.
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Jesus Christ
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
- Connor, Eugene
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Hitler, Adolf
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Luther, Martin
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Meredith, James
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Alabama. Legislature
- White Citizens Council
- Ku Klux Klan
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Asia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Hungary
- Germany
- Texas
- Caribbean
- South America
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Mississippi
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Albany, Ga.
- Topics
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Birmingham, 1963
- Direct action
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Civil Disobedience
- Church and Race Relations
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Natural law
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with other organizations
- Discrimination in public accommodations
- World Politics
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
- Nonviolence
- Hungary Revolution, 1956
- Code for Location of Original
- AFSCC-ICIU
- Location of Original
- American Friends Service Committee (Chicago) Papers, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, Ill.
- Location of Original - Detail
- Box 38, folder 2
- Copy Location (1)
- TBHPG-PHC, Theodore Brinton Hetzel Papers and Graphics, 1866-1987, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.
- Filing Info
- Box 1, folder AFSC Community Relations Executive Committee
- Copy Location (2)
- BMPP-MBJFK, Burke Marshall Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
- Filing Info
- Box 5, folder May 1963
- Copy Location (3)
- JFKWHCSF-MBJFK, John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, White House Central Subject Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
- Filing Info
- Box 367, folder 6
- Copy Location (4)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 8/3/2006 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 8/24/2006 13:24:44
- bhunter
- 3/11/2022 dalai
- Date Updated
- 7/29/2022 9:46:30 AM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-027
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630416-027
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 11 pp.
- Document Note
- Enclosed in 630606-039.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Harmon, Nolan
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Jesus Christ
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Meredith, James
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Ku Klux Klan
- White Citizens Council
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Asia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Texas
- Germany
- Hungary
- South America
- Caribbean
- Mississippi
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Birmingham, 1963
- Segregation--law and legislation
- Discrimination in public accommodations
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Civil Disobedience
- Natural law
- Hungary Revolution, 1956
- Black nationalism
- Church and Race Relations
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
- Other Topics
- Amos 5:24
- Matthew 5:44
- Galatians 6:17
- Philippians 3:20
- Code for Location of Original
- CCFA-ICarbS
- Location of Original
- Christian Century Foundation Archives, Special Collections Research Center, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
- Copy Location (1)
- BMCRFA-AB, Burke Marshall, Files on Civil Rights in Alabama, Birmingham Public and Jefferson County Free Library, Birmingham, Ala.
- Filing Info
- Box 1, folder 5
- Copy Location (2)
- DJG-GEU-S, David J. Garrow Collection, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
- Filing Info
- Box 1.1
- Copy Location (3)
- CB-CtY-BR, Chester Bowles Collection, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Conn.
- Copy Location (4)
- MMBC-INP, Malcolm M. Bliss Collection, In Private Hands
- Copy Location (5)
- JMRP-GEU-S, Jacob M. Rothschild Papers, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
- Filing Info
- Box 6, folder 7
- Copy Location (6)
- BMPP-MBJFK, Burke Marshall Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
- Filing Info
- Box 8
- Copy Location (7)
- BMPP-MBJFK, Burke Marshall Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
- Filing Info
- Digital file 001351-009-0001
- Copy Location (8)
- MLP-MnHi-Ar, Matthew Little Papers Relating to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963), 1963-1964, 1980-1983, Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, Saint Paul, Minn.
- Copy Location (9)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 5/7/2012 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 5/14/2012 alexmw
- 8/9/2022 dalai
- Date Updated
- 8/9/2022 12:05:42 PM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-033
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Document ID
- 630416-033
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 22 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Harmon, Nolan
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Jesus Christ
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Meredith, James
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Ku Klux Klan
- White Citizens Council
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Asia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Texas
- Germany
- Hungary
- South America
- Caribbean
- Mississippi
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Birmingham, 1963
- Direct action
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Civil Disobedience
- Church and Race Relations
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Natural law
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with other organizations
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Code for Location of Original
- JTPC-AlBiCRI
- Location of Original
- John Thomas Porter Collection, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- Location of Original - Detail
- Box 1, folder 1
- Copy Location (1)
- SCs-AlBiCRI, Small Collections, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- Filing Info
- Collection 97-0051, Box 2
- Copy Location (2)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 12/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
- Date Updated
- 8/29/2017 11:06:30 AM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-034
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Document ID
- 630416-034
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Version
- Copy
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 19 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Harmon, Nolan
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Jesus Christ
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Meredith, James
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Ku Klux Klan
- White Citizens Council
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Asia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Texas
- Germany
- Hungary
- South America
- Caribbean
- Mississippi
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Birmingham, 1963
- Direct action
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Civil Disobedience
- Church and Race Relations
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Natural law
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with other organizations
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Code for Location of Original
- SDLC-INP
- Location of Original
- Stanley D. Levison Collection, In Private Hands
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 12/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
- Date Updated
- 8/29/2017 11:30:15 AM
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-040
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Handwritten -- other than author's hand
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630416-040
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Handwritten -- other than author's hand
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 21 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 4/2/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- 12/5/1955
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
- Durick, Joseph A. [Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham]
- Grafman, Milton L. [Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)]
- Hardin, Paul [Methodist Church. Alabama-West Florida Conference]
- Harmon, Nolan B. [Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference]
- Murray, George M. [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
- Ramage, Edward V. [Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama]
- Stallings, Earl [First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)]
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Jesus Christ
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene [Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.]
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Muhammad, Elijah [Nation of Islam]
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Meredith, James
- Pollard
- Organizations
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
- Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Methodist Church. Alabama-West Florida Conference
- Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference
- Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama
- First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- White Citizens Council
- Ku Klux Klan
- Nation of Islam
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Germany
- Hungary
- Texas
- South America
- Caribbean
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Mississippi
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Birmingham, 1963
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Police - Complaints against
- Direct action
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
- Nonviolence
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Church and Race Relations
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Civil Disobedience
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Natural law
- Discrimination in public accommodations
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Code for Location of Original
- ABH
- Location of Original
- Samford University Special Collection and University Archives, Birmingham, Ala.
- Location of Original - Detail
- SC 5859
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 3/24/2022 mcweaver
- 5/20/2022 dalai
- Date Updated
- 5/20/2022 2:07:27 PM
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630416-041
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Type
- Letter
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Handwritten -- other than author's hand
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630416-041
- Document Date
- 4/16/1963
- Type of Writing
- Typed
- Handwritten -- other than author's hand
- Document Type
- Letter
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Genre
- Letter
- Document Length
- 21 pp.
- Dates
- 9/1962
- 4/14/1963
- 3/1963
- 4/2/1963
- 5/17/1954
- 4/12/1963
- 12/5/1955
- Names
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
- Durick, Joseph A. [Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham]
- Grafman, Milton L. [Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)]
- Harmon, Nolan B. [Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference]
- Murray, George M. [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
- Ramage, Edward V. [Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama]
- Stallings, Earl [First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)]
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Jesus Christ
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene [Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.]
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Muhammad, Elijah [Nation of Islam]
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Meredith, James
- Pollard
- Organizations
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
- Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference
- Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama
- First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- White Citizens Council
- Ku Klux Klan
- Nation of Islam
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- Macedonia
- Africa
- New Orleans, La.
- Germany
- Hungary
- Texas
- South America
- Caribbean
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Mississippi
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Birmingham, 1963
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Police - Complaints against
- Direct action
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
- Nonviolence
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Church and Race Relations
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Civil Disobedience
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
- Natural law
- Discrimination in public accommodations
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Code for Location of Original
- GBP-ABH
- Location of Original
- George Bagley Papers, Samford University Special Collection and University Archives, Birmingham, Ala.
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 6/9/2022 dalai
- Date Updated
- 6/9/2022 3:05:19 PM
''Letter from Birmingham City Jail''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630500-013
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Document Date
- 5/1963
- Genre
- Pamphlet
- Document Type
- Document
- Type of Writing
- Printed -- published
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630500-013
- Document Date
- 5/1963
- Type of Writing
- Printed -- published
- Document Type
- Document
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Genre
- Pamphlet
- Document Length
- 16 pp.
- Document Note
- Enclosed in 630523-004.
- Dates
- 1954
- 4/16/1963
- 9/1962
- 3/1963
- 1/1963
- 4/12/1963
- Names
- Bell, Colin W. [American Friends Service Committee}
- Fox, George [Religious Society of Friends]
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Durick, Joseph A.
- Grafman, Milton L.
- Hardin, Paul
- Harmon, Nolan B.
- Murray, George M.
- Ramage, Edward V.
- Stallings, Earl
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Jesus Christ
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene [Birmingham (Ala.). Dept. of Public Safety]
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton [Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor]
- Neibuhr, Reinhold
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Meredith, James
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Organizations
- American Friends Service Committee
- Religious Society of Friends
- Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Ku Klux Klan
- White Citizens Council
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Dept. of Public Safety
- Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Tarsus
- New Orleans, La.
- Africa
- Asia
- Germany
- Hungary
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Albany, Ga.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Texas
- Mississippi
- Topics
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Afro-Americans - Civil rights
- Albany Movement
- Birmingham, 1963
- Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
- Civil Disobedience
- Civil rights
- Direct action
- Jews
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Natural law
- Nonviolence
- Police - Complaints against
- Segregation--law and legislation
- Church and Race Relations
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Code for Location of Original
- MCMLK-RWWL
- Location of Original
- Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga.
- Location of Original - Detail
- 2.4.0.270
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
- Filing Info
- Box 2, folder 33
- Copy Location (2)
- SCs-AlBiCRI, Small Collections, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
- Filing Info
- Box 2, f 97-0051
- Copy Location (3)
- SCLCE-GEU-S, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Records, 1864-2007, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
- Filing Info
- Box 549, folder 7
- Copy Location (4)
- NAACPP-DLC, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Filing Info
- Digital file 001473-012-0735
- Copy Location (5)
- SCLCE-GEU-S, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Records, 1864-2007, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
- Filing Info
- Box 549, folder 7
- Copy Location (6)
- RFKAG-MBJFK, Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General Papers, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
- Filing Info
- Box 25, folder 17
- Copy Location (7)
- ACLUR-NjP-SC, American Civil Liberties Union Records, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
- Copy Location (8)
- FDAP-NcCU, Fred D. Alexander Papers, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, N.C.
- Filing Info
- Box 54, folder 8
- Copy Location (9)
- AFSCR-PPAFS, American Friends Service Committee Records, American Friends Service Committee Archives, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Copy Location (10)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 2/24/1999 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 03/15/1999
- 3/8/2017 dalai
- Date Updated
- 8/15/2022 10:51:21 AM
''Letter From Birmingham City Jail''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document630624-000
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Place Written
- New York, N.Y.
- Document Date
- 6/24/1963
- Genre
- Published article
- Document Type
- Document
- Type of Writing
- Printed -- published
- Author
- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
- Author Dates
- 1929-1968
- Author Affiliation
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Document ID
- 630624-000
- Document Date
- 6/24/1963
- Type of Writing
- Printed -- published
- Document Type
- Document
- Type of Signature
- Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
- Status
- Cal. 8
- Place Written
- New York, N.Y.
- Genre
- Published article
- Document Length
- 10 pp.
- Document Note
- Enclosed in 630621-001.
- Published In
- New Leader 66 (24 June 1963): 3-11.
- Dates
- 4/16/1963
- 9/1962
- 3/1963
- 4/12/1963
- 1954
- 4/7/1963
- Names
- Paul, the Apostle, Saint
- Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
- Connor, Eugene [Birmingham (Ala.). Dept. of Public Safety]
- Socrates
- Boutwell, Albert Burton [Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor]
- Carpenter, C. C. Jones [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
- Harmon, Nolan B. [Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference]
- Durick, Joseph A. [Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham]
- Grafman, Milton L. [Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)]
- Hardin, Paul [Methodist Church. Alabama-West Florida Conference]
- Murray, George M. [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
- Ramage, Edward V. [Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama]
- Stallings, Earl [First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)]
- Niebuhr, Reinhold
- King, Yolanda
- King, Martin Luther, III
- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
- Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
- Buber, Martin
- Tillich, Paul
- Shadrach (Biblical figure)
- Meshach (Biblical figure)
- Abednego (Biblical figure)
- Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
- Hitler, Adolf
- Jesus Christ
- Elijah Muhammad
- Amos (Biblical prophet)
- Luther, Martin
- Bunyan, John
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Jefferson, Thomas
- McGill, Ralph
- Smith, Lillian Eugenia
- Golden, Harry
- Dabbs, James McBride
- Barnett, Ross R. [Mississippi. Office of the Governor]
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley) [Alabama. Office of the Governor]
- King, Martin Luther
- Williams, Adam Daniel (A. D.)
- Williams, Willis
- Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
- Meredith, James
- Organizations
- Birmingham City Jail (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Dept. of Public Safety
- Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
- Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
- Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)
- Methodist Church. Alabama-West Florida Conference
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama
- Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama
- First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
- United States. Supreme Court
- Alabama. Legislature
- Ku Klux Klan
- White Citizens Council
- Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
- Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
- Mississippi. Office of the Governor
- Alabama. Office of the Governor
- Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
- Places
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Tarsus, Turkey
- New Orleans, La.
- Montgomery, Ala.
- Albany, Ga.
- Texas
- Mississippi
- Germany
- Hungary
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Topics
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Afro-Americans - Civil rights
- Albany Movement
- Birmingham, 1963
- Civil Disobedience
- Civil rights
- Direct action
- Jews
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Natural law
- Nonviolence
- Police - Complaints against
- Segregation--law and legislation
- Church and Race Relations
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
- Other Topics
- Matthew 5:44
- Amos 5:24
- Galatians 6:17
- Acts 5:29
- Code for Location of Original
- labc-MiU
- Location of Original
- Labadie Collection, University of Michigan, Hatcher Library, Ann Arbor
- Copy Location (1)
- MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
- Copy Location (2)
- RJBPC-CLU-AR, Ralph J. Bunche Collection (2051), University of California, Los Angeles, Charles E. Young Research Library, Special Collections, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Copy Location (3)
- MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
- Date Created
- 5/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
- Date Verified
- 05/17/1996
- Date Updated
- 10/18/2017 9:49:49 AM
