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''A Letter From Jail''

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630800-002
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Great Neck, N.Y.
Document Date
7/1963-8/1963
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
630800-002
Document Date
7/1963-8/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
Great Neck, N.Y.
Genre
Published article
Document Length
8 pp.
Published In
Pulpit Digest, July-August 1963: 9-16.
Dates
1954
9/1962
4/12/1963
4/16/1963
Names
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Jesus Christ
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
Shadrach (Biblical figure)
Meshach (Biblical figure)
Abednego (Biblical figure)
Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylonia
Muhammad, Elijah [Nation of Islam]
Amos (Biblical prophet)
Luther, Martin
Lincoln, Abraham
Jefferson, Thomas
Meredith, James
Carpenter, C. C. Jones
Durick, Joseph A.
Grafman, Milton L.
Harmon, Nolan B.
Murray, George M.
Ramage, Edward V.
Stallings, Earl
Hardin, Paul
Organizations
Birmingham (Ala.). City Jail
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
United States. White House
United States. Supreme Court
Funtown (Atlanta, Ga.)
Alabama. Legislature
White Citizens Council
Ku Klux Klan
Nation of Islam
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.
Tarsus, Turkey
New Orleans, La.
Texas
Montgomery, Ala.
Albany, Ga.
Topics
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
Birmingham, 1963
Church and Race Relations
Nonviolence
Direct action
Sit-ins
Freedom rides
Civil Disobedience
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Discrimination in public accommodations
Segregation--law and legislation
Albany Movement
Other Topics
Matthew 5:44
Amos 5:24
Galatians 6:17
Code for Location of Original
MLKJP-GAMK
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
5/14/1996 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
05/29/1996
9/13/2022 dalai
6/28/2024 dalai
Date Updated
6/28/2024 6:27:12 PM
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