Martin Luther King's 'Letter from Birmingham Jail,' 50th anniversary video On the 50th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King's influential 'Letter from Birmingham Jail,' Nola.com | The Times-Picayune ...

An attorney for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who helped smuggle out snippets of King’s writing that became the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” has died. When King was behind bars at the ...

April 16 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1862, the U.S. Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912, ...

Correspondent photos / Sean Barron Vincent Shivers, a local historian, talks about the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic 1963 “Letter from Birmingham Jail” during a program Saturday at ...

Writing for the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Idea blog, Dr. Eric L. Motley, a vice president at the institute, explains the power of “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” which he read for the first time with his ...

In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama as a result of his continuing crusade for civil rights. While there, he was the subject of criticism by eight white clergymen, who ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Dr. Martin Luther King's imprisonment in Birmingham, Alabama is described. The events and causes leading up to King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. In ...