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''A Letter from Birmingham's Jail''

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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Dayton, Ohio
Document Date
7/1/1963
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
630701-064
Document Date
7/1/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
Dayton, Ohio
Genre
Published article
Document Length
7 pp.
Published In
Presbyterian Life 16 (1 July 1963): 9-12, 35-36.
Dates
9/1962
4/16/1963
3/1963
4/14/1963
Names
Carpenter, C. C. Jones
Durick, Joseph A.
Grafman, Milton L.
Harmon, Nolan
Hardin, Paul
Murray, George M.
Ramage, Edward V.
Stallings, Earl
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Connor, Eugene [Birmingham (Ala.). City Commission]
Boutwell, Albert Burton [Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor]
Socrates
Niebuhr, Reinhold
King, Yolanda
King, Martin Luther, III
Muhammad, Elijah
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]
Jefferson, Thomas
Pritchett, Laurie [Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.]
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
Meredith, James
Jesus Christ
King, Martin Luther
Williams, Adam Daniel (A. D.)
Williams, Willis
Organizations
Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
Birmingham (Ala.). City Commission
Birmingham (Ala.). Office of the Mayor
Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
White Citizens Council
Ku Klux Klan
Nation of Islam
Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.)
Alabama. Office of the Governor
Mississippi. Office of the Governor
Albany (Ga.). Police Dept.
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Jackson, Miss.
Albany, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.
Asia
Africa
Texas
South America
Caribbean
Plymouth, Mass.
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Birmingham, 1963
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Albany Movement
Civil Disobedience
Civil rights demonstrations
Black nationalism
Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with other organizations
Direct action
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
Other Topics
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Code for Location of Original
MLKPP
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/14/2016 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
10/5/2017 dalai
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
10/3/2025 10:15:46 AM
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