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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
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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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
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
4/25/2025 11:23:07 AM
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