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''Letter From Birmingham's Jail''

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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
1964
Genre
Published article
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
640000-039
Document Date
1964
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Undecided
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Published article
Document Length
19 pp.
Published In
Daniel, Bradford, ed, Black, White and Gray. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1964, pp. 62-80.
Dates
4/16/1963
9/1962
Names
Carpenter, C.C.J.
Durick, Joseph A.
Grafman, Milton L.
Hardin, Paul
Harmon, Noland B.
Murray, George M.
Ramage, Edward V.
Stallings, Earl
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Jesus Christ
Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
Connor, Eugene
Boutwell, Albert Burton
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
Buber, Martin
Tillich, Paul
Socrates
Hitler, Adolf
Elijah Muhammad
Luther, Martin
Bunyan, John
Lincoln, Abraham
McGill, Ralph
Smith, Lillian Eugenia
Golden, Harry
Dabbs, James McBride
Barnett, Ross R.
Wallace, George C. (George Corley)
Jefferson, Thomas
Pritchett, Laurie
Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)
Meredith, James
Daniel, Bradford
Organizations
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
United States. Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
White Citizens Council
Springhill College
Birmingham (Ala.). Police Dept.
Places
Atlanta, Ga.
Montgomery, Ala.
Albany, Ga.
New Orleans, La.
Birmingham, Ala.
Topics
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Birmingham, 1963
Black nationalism
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Critics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Segregation--law and legislation
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Police - Complaints against
Hungary Revolution, 1956
Discrimination in public accomodations
Direct action
Nonviolence
Church and Race Relations
Other Topics
Black, White and Gray
Matthew 5:44
Amos 5:24
Galatians 6:17
Declaration of Independance
U.S. Constitution
Code for Location of Original
MLKPP
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/3/1999 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
08/04/1999
Date Updated
4/8/2025 8:27:02 AM
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