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''A Letter From Birmingham Jail''

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630519-018
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
5/19/1963
Genre
Published article
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Document ID
630519-018
Document Date
5/19/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Published article
Document Length
2 pp.
Published In
New York Post, 19 May 1963.
Dates
9/1962
3/5/1963
4/2/1963
4/3/1963
1954
4/12/1963
4/7/1963
Names
Schiff, Dorothy [New York Post]
Carpenter, C. C. Jones [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama]
Durick, Joseph A. [Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham]
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]
Grafman, Milton L. [Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)]
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
Boutwell, Albert Burton [Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor]
King, Yolanda
King, Martin Luther, III
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Hitler, Adolf
Socrates
Muhammad, Elijah
Organizations
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama
Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
Methodist Church. Alabama-West Florida Conference
Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference
Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama
Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)
First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States. Supreme Court
Alabama. Legislature
White Citizens Council
Ku Klux Klan
Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Tarsus, Turkey
Asia
Africa
New Orleans, La.
Germany
Hungary
Albany, Ga.
Topics
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Birmingham, 1963
Direct action
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
Nonviolence
Police - Complaints against
Bombings
Segregation--law and legislation
Boycotts
Afro-Americans - Economic conditions
Church and Race Relations
Freedom rides
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Code for Location of Original
USDJ-MBJFK
Location of Original
United States Department of Justice Records, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 120, folder 1
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
3/15/2016 dalai
11/4/2021 dalai
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
6/28/2024 5:33:41 PM
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