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Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Document Date
4/16/1963
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
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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, 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
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 (Ala.). City Jail
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Birmingham (Ala.). City Commission
Birmingham (Ala.). City Council
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
9/23/2022 dalai
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
4/25/2025 11:12:35 AM
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