Letter from Birmingham Jail
From the Birmingham, Alabama jail (also known as the Jefferson County jail), where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against racial segregation, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in longhand the copyrighted letter which was reproduced at this link. It was his response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South. Dr. King, who was born in 1929: did his undergraduate work at Morehouse College; attended the racially integrated Cromer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, one of six black pupils among a hundred students and the president of his class; and won a fellowship to Boston University for his Ph.D.
Letter From Birmingham Jail Media
- Recreation of Martin Luther King's Cell in Birmingham Jail - National Civil Rights Museum - Downtown Memphis - Tennessee - USA.jpg
Recreation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s cell in Birmingham Jail at the National Civil Rights Museum
- Kamala Harris reads excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail.ogv
American politician Kamala Harris reads excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in 2019