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''Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Letter from Birmingham Jail''

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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Baltimore, Md.
Document Date
7/19/1963
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
630719-000
Document Date
7/19/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
Baltimore, Md.
Genre
Published article
Document Length
3 pp.
Published In
Catholic Review (19 July 1963): 4-6.
Dates
4/16/1963
1957
9/1962
3/1963
1954
4/12/1963
Names
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Jesus Christ
La Farge, John [America Magazine]
Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
Socrates
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
Elijah Muhammad [Nation of Islam]
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]
Organizations
Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
America Magazine
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
United States. Supreme Court
Alabama. Legislature
Ku Klux Klan
White Citizens Council
Nation of Islam
Mississippi. Office of the Governor
Alabama. Office of the Governor
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.
Tarsus, Turkey
Macedonia
Asia
Africa
Germany
Hungary
Texas
South America
Caribbean
Montgomery, Ala.
Mississippi
Albany, Ga.
Plymouth, Mass.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Afro-Americans - Civil rights
Civil Disobedience
Civil rights
Jews
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Nonviolence
Birmingham, 1963
Direct action
Police - Complaints against
Bombings
Segregation--law and legislation
Church and Race Relations
Natural law
Freedom rides
Civil rights demonstrations
Albany Movement
Other Topics
Matthew 5:44
Amos 5:24
Galatians 6:17
Code for Location of Original
MLKP-MBU
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 85, folder 6
Copy Location (1)
MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/27/1994 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
07/29/1994
12/7/2022 dalai
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
6/28/2024 6:19:02 PM
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