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''Letter from Birmingham Jail''

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630600-003
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
6/1963
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
630600-003
Document Date
6/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Published article
Document Length
8 pp.
Published In
Liberation 9 (June 1963): 10-16, 23.
Dates
4/16/1963
9/1962
1954
Names
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.)]
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.). Dept. of Public Safety]
Socrates
Boutwell, Albert Burton [Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor]
King, Yolanda
King, Martin Luther, III
Niebuhr, 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
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.)
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Alabama
Methodist Church. North Alabama Conference
Catholic Church. Diocese of Mobile-Birmingham
Temple Emanu-El (Birmingham, Ala.)
Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. Synod of Alabama
First Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
United States. Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
White Citizens Council
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
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.
FunTown (Atlanta, Ga.)
Alabama. Legislature
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.
New Orleans, La.
Germany
Hungary
Texas
Asia
Africa
South America
Caribbean
Mississippi
Plymouth, Mass.
Albany, Ga.
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Birmingham, 1963
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
Church and Race Relations
Nonviolence
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit-ins
Student movements
Other Topics
Matthew 5:44
Galatians 6:17
Code for Location of Original
MLKPP
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
5/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
05/17/1996
10/18/2019 dalai
Date Updated
6/28/2024 5:43:04 PM
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