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| Creator: | Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968 |
| Title: | Letter from Birmingham City Jail |
| Date: | 1963 May |
| Description: | Pamphlet published in May 1963 by the American Friends Service Committee, reprinting the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s response to a letter by white ministers objecting to Civil Rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963. Dr. King was imprisoned for eight days for his participation in Birmingham demonstrations. Eight white ministers issued a public statement questioning the timing and method of Civil Rights demonstrations. This copy belonged to Roberta Church. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Pamphlets |
| Subjects: | Civil rights movements--Alabama--Birmingham | Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Birmingham | African American civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham | Civil rights workers--Alabama--Birmingham | African American clergy--Alabama--Birmingham | Clergy--Alabama--Birmingham | Civil disobedience--Alabama--Birmingham | African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham | Civil rights--Alabama--Birmingham | African Americans--Alabama--Birmingham | African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham | Segregation--Alabama--Birmingham | Race discrimination--Alabama--Birmingham | Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century | Race relations | Protest literature | Project C, Birmingham, Ala., 1963 | Imprisonment--Alabama--Birmingham | Jails--Alabama--Birmingham | African American political activists--Alabama--Birmingham | Political activists--Alabama--Birmingham | Christians--Alabama--Birmingham--Political activity | Birmingham (Ala.) | Jefferson County (Ala.) |
| Collection: | Robert R. Church Family Papers |
| Institution: | University of Memphis. Special Collections Dept. |
| Contributors: | University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. | Volunteer Voices (Project) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2007-04-04 |
| Original Material: | Robert R. Church Family Papers, MS. 71, University of Memphis Libraries Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002670 |
